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Friday 10 June 2016

From the Brit Malah: Parents.

Parents
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 Our God and God of our Ancestors, we are grateful for the joy and blessings which our new son brings to us. As parents we accept the awesome responsibility of raising ________ to adulthood, of guiding his life, of determining in large measure the values by which he shall live and the ideals toward which he shall strive. We pray for the wisdom to help ________ fulfill his potential, to be strong when he needs us to be strong, to be gentle when he needs us to be gentle and to be available in mind and body whenever he needs us.   Hin’ni mukhan, u-m’zuman l’kayaim mitzvat asay shetzivanu ha-borei yitbarch lamuhl et b’ni, kakatuv batorah: “u-ven sh’monat yamim yimohl lakhem kol-zakhar l’doroteikhem.” We are ready to perform the positive commandment enjoined by the Creator, blessed be God, to circumcise our son, as it is written in the Torah: “Every male among you, throughout your generations, shall be circumcised when he is eight days old” (Genesis 17:12). According to custom, responsibility for bringing our son into the covenant falls upon us. We hereby authorize you to perform the brit milah on our behalf. Mohel I willingly perform this commandment of brit milah, sanctioned by the generations, of bringing this child into the covenant. Before the Circumcision: Praised are You, Adonai, Ruler of the universe who has made us holy with Your commandments and commanded us concerning circumcision


From the Brit Malah.

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