| LC control no. | sh2015001827 |
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| LC classification | BM706.5 |
| Topical heading | Berit shalom (Welcoming ceremony) |
| Variant(s) | Alternative bris (Welcoming ceremony) Alternative brit (Welcoming ceremony) Brit ben (Welcoming ceremony) Brit chayim (Welcoming ceremony) Brit shalom (Welcoming ceremony) Brit tikkun (Welcoming ceremony) |
| See also | Judaism--Customs and practices |
| Found in | Work cat: Celebrating Brit shalom, 2013: page 4 of cover (Brit shalom ceremony is an alternative way to welcome a newborn son, give him his Hebrew name, and bring him into the Abrahamic covenant) Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 21, 2015 (Hebrew: Berit shalom ("covenant of peace"); also called alternative brit (or bris in Yiddish and Ashkenazi Hebrew), brit ben, brit chayim or brit tikkun is a naming ceremony for newborn Jewish boys that does not involve circumcision) "The ethics of infant male circumcision." Jewish medical ethics, 2013:39, viewed online Oct. 16, 2015 (for those looking for an alternative to non-therapeutic circumcision of infant males there is a welcoming ceremony known as Brit shalom officiated by a growing number of Jewish rabbis) Bodily integrity and the politics of circumcision, 2006: page 198 (in the U.S. many Jews have abolished ritual circumcision and have replaced it with a ceremonial bris without cutting (Brit shalom)) |
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