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Circumcision clothes

(brit mila clothes)

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Clothes worn by a baby boy for his circumcision ceremony.

Translations

  • Hebrewחיתול לברית המילה
  • GermanBeschneidungskleidung
  • RussianОдежда для церемонии обрезания
  • FrenchVêtements de circoncision
  • DutchBesnijdeniskleertjes
  • ItalianVestiario per la circoncisione
  • CzechObřízkový oděv
  • HungarianKörülmetélési ruha
  • SpanishRopa de circuncisión
  • GreekΕνδύματα για την περιτομή
  • PolishUbranka na ceremonię obrzezania
  • Arabicملابس الختان
  • Yiddishקליידונג פֿאַר ברית־מילה
  • LadinoVistidos de biri (berit mila)

Bibliography

Juhasz, Esther, editor. Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire: Aspects of Material Culture. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1990, pp. 262-66.

Muchawsky-Schnapper, Ester. “Birth and Childhood.” The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Ed. Esther Juhasz, Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2012, pp. 167-73, 326.

Sabar, Shalom. “Childbirth and Magic: Jewish Folklore and Material Culture.” Cultures of the Jews: A New History, ed. David Biale, New York: Shocken Books, 2002, pp. 670-722.

Sabar, Shalom. “Herayion, Leyda ve-Hashanim ha-Rishonot [Pregnancy, Birth and Early Childhood].”) Ma’agal Ha-hayyim (The Life Cycle), ed. Shalom Sabar, Jerusalem: Ben- Zvi Institute and the Ministry of Education,2006, pp. 14-91.

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