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Document Details : Title: A Sandak's Chair from Mantua Subtitle: An Historical, Minhagic and Artistic Evaluation Author(s): PERUGIA-SZTULMAN, Gioia Journal: Studia Rosenthaliana Volume: 37 Date: 2004 Pages: 55-75 DOI: 10.2143/SR.37.0.583403 Abstract : Circumcision, the ceremony enjoined by God upon Abraham and his descendants, is one of the central precepts in Judaism, the first rite of passage in the cycle of Jewish life. The operation, performed on the male child on his eighth day (barring sickness or premature birth), symbolises his entrance into the community of the sons of Israel, guaranteeing the continuity of the Jewish people in general and of his congregation in particular. |
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