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The first stage of a ritual circumcision, the initial cut, is called ''milah'' in Hebrew. The Hebrew word for "covenant," is ''brit'' in the Sephardic pronunciation now used in Israel, or ''bris'' in the Ashkenazic pronunciation used over the centuries by European Jews outside of Spain and Portugal, hence the terms ''brit milah,'' or ''bris milah.'' Most Jewish Americans are familiar with the term "bris," as in "They're having the bris tomorrow." The term bris is well known, but few Jews realize that it means "covenant" rather than [[circumcision]].
Originally, Jewish circumcision, or "milah" only involved the removal of just the [[acroposthion| tip ]] of the [[foreskin]]. This was realized by pulling the loose edge of the foreskin up through a protective device and slicing it off.
The result was a [[penis ]] that still retained much of the [[foreskin]], with just the tip of the [[glans ]] protruding.
== Peri'ah ==