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brit milah

Jewish religious male circumcision ceremony performed by a mohel on the eighth day of a male infant's life
Class type of: religious male circumcision, religious ceremony, naming ceremony Q848599

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
occurrence
Religion or worldview
Judaism[2]
Subclass of
religious male circumcision, religious ceremony, naming ceremony[3][4][5]
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia[6]
Native label
בְּרִית מִילָה‎[9]
Partially coincident with
circumcision controversy in early Christianity, circumcision in Islam[7][8]
Practiced by
mohel[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en bris en brit milah ar بريت ميلاه cs brit mila cs bris cs bris mila cs obřízka cs brit milah da Berit mila de Berit Mila de Brit Milah de Tippat Dam de Briss de Beschneidung es Berit Mila es Brit Milah es Brit Milá es Brit mila es Bris es Berit Milá
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Dewey Decimal Classification
296.4422
Freebase ID
/m/01j1b
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
brit_mila
J9U entity ID
987007283269105171
Lex ID
brit_milah
Museum-digital tag ID
83856
Stack Exchange tag
judaism.stackexchange.com
Topic's main category
Category:Brit milah

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🔗 Connections
Partially coincident with 2
circumcision in Islam, circumcision controversy in early Christianity
Subclass of 2
naming ceremony, religious male circumcision
Examples 1
circumcision of Jesus
Instance of 1
occurrence
Practiced by 1
mohel
Religion or worldview 1
Judaism
← Facet of 1
circumcision controversy in early Christianity
← Field of this occupation 1
mohel
← Main subject 1
circumcision of Jesus
← Partially coincident with 1
circumcision in Islam
← Significant event 1
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brit milah is an occurrence[1].

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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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