Talmud: The Building Blocks of Jewish Life, Session 35

Today we began our new semester of learning. Our curriculum is an exploration of the Jewish Life-Cycle, from birth to death and everything in between. Today's class dove right in with the subject of B'rit Milah, the covenant of circumcision that Judaism requires as the first mitzvah incumbent on all Jewish males, typically performed on the 8th day after birth. Grounding our Talmud study in the Biblical sources, we looked at passages from Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus before examining Rabbinic sources including Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah 260, and Gemara, Nedarim 31b.
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Happy Studying!
Rabbi Jonathan E. Blake
Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, New York