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Meaning of berit milah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Alternative spelling of brit milah.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Originally in biblical times berit milah may simply have consisted of cutting the Corlah (foreskin) with a flint knife (Exodus 4:25 and Joshua 5:2). The rabbis of the talmudic period perhaps added peri`ah (the tearing of the genital mucous membrane and laying bare the glans)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

berith milah Beriu Berivoj berk Berk-Tabatznik syndrome Berkebile

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