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1
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Regarding circumcision (Hebrew bris) what does the Hebrew word bris mean?

A

covenant

2
Q

Instructor’s note: In Israeli Hebrew, the act is referred to as brit milah

A

ok

3
Q

Who pronounces the blessing at the ceremony (also called bris) of circumcision?

A

the father

4
Q

What is a mohel (in the US, often pronounced ‘moyl’)?

A

circumciser

5
Q

What does the term bar-mitzva mean?

A

son of commandment

6
Q

How old is a Jewish boy, at the minimum, when he becomes bar-mitzva?

A

13

7
Q

What does the term bat mitzva (bas-mitzva) mean? Who is the ceremony for?

A

daughter of commandment; it is for girls

8
Q

The two major Jewish movements (other than orthodoxy) are … what and what?

A

conservative and reformed

9
Q

Traditional Jewish separation of men and women in worship goes back to … when?

A

temple times (almost 2000 years ago)

10
Q

The ban on musical instruments in the orthodox synagogue is linked to … what?

A

it has been linked to the custom of mourning for the destruction of the temple (Ninth of Av)