#18 | Genesis ch.17 - Brit Milah

The Tanakh Podcast - A podcast by Alex Israel

In this chapter, Avraham is given another covenant and the enaction of the covenant is Brit Mila- the circumcision of male children at 8-days old.What is there about this mitzvah that gives it such foundational status as regards Jewish identity? Is it merely a ritual or is there meaning behind it?

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