This Yiddish term for "covenant of circumcision," a formal name for circumcision and involves surgically removing the foreskin of the penis, is:
a. bris milah.
b. bat mitzvah.
c. Yom Kippur.
d. Rosh Hashanah.
a. bris milah.
Analysis:
a, c & d. Correct. Circumcision involves surgically removing the foreskin of the penis. Its common name among Jews is bris milah, Yiddish for "covenant of circumcision," and is usually called "bris" for short.
b. Incorrect. Circumcision is the most significant life-cycle ritual in Judaism and probably the one rite universally observed among Jews.
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