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''From the English [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah Wikipedia]:''
The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the first part of the Jewish ritual circumcision procedure. It is supposedly required by the [[Abrahamic covenant]], which is found in Genesis 17, however this has been questioned and debunked by a Jewish scholar.<ref name="glick2005">{{REFbook |last=Glick |first=Leonard B. |init=LB |author-link=Leonard B. Glick |year=2005 |title=Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America |edition=1st |chapter=Chapter One |pages=15-18 |publisher={{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press |isbn=9780195176742 |accessdate=2020-03-02 |note=}}</ref>
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The '''''brit milah''''' (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה; Ashkenazi pronunciation: bʁis ˈmilə, "covenant of [[circumcision]]"; Yiddish pronunciation: ''bris'' (bʀɪs)) is a Jewish religious male circumcision ceremony performed by a ''[[mohel]]'' on the eighth day of a male infant's life, as required by the [[Abrahamic covenant]] and the Halacha. The ''brit milah'' is followed by a celebratory meal.
A boy born to a Jewish mother is a Jew without regard to his circumcision status.
The Christian elders, meeting at the [[Council at Jerusalem]] in about 49 A.D. rejected Brit milah as a Christian practice.
==Risks==
Medical science has identified several risks associated with Brit Milah. Brit Milah is a surgical operation and, like all surgical operations, has the risks of [[infection]], [[bleeding]], and surgical misadventure, up to and including loss of the [[penis]] and [[death]].