בְּרִית מִילָה
Brit Milah
b’-REET mee-LAH
God made a covenant with Abraham in which Abraham promised to ensure that his descendants would wholeheartedly worship God. In exchange, God promised to safeguard Abraham’s offspring, who would eventually become the nation of Israel. This covenant was sealed through circumcision, which Abraham performed on himself (at age 99!) and all other males in his household.
The circumcision is the most well-known act showing Abraham’s commitment to God and God’s covenant with Abraham’s descendants.
To this very day, the Jewish people continue to fulfill the commandment of circumcising their sons on the eighth day after birth.
The Israel Bible is the world’s first Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) centered around the Land of Israel, the People of Israel, and the dynamic relationship between them.
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