Mothers and Children. Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe - Elisheva Baumgarten
rites of institution in which communities express their hierarchies and social orders. While these rites symbolize the way the c ...
in it, as early as the late eleventh century. This description emphasizes the beautiful cloths and clothes that adorned the newb ...
The act of recognition of the baby on the part of the father at the circumci- sion ceremony corresponded to a similar process at ...
how to choose a circumciser. The sources emphasize that expertise, rather than social obligation, was paramount.^51 They also di ...
Figure 2. Z·ipporah As Circumciser. Second Nürnberg Haggada, South Germany 1450–1500, MS. 24087 fol. 13b, detail. Photo courtesy ...
The tradition of our fathers is Torah and a righteous man should adhere to it. On the eve of the eighth [day] the ba’al brit mak ...
ruling in haste.”^65 The halakhic ruling in such cases was that the first person to whom the honor was promised should receive i ...
tice can be traced back to the Byzantine tradition.^72 This would explain why the custom can be found in both Ashkenaz and Italy ...
In conclusion, the custom of ba’al brit was of great importance in medieval Ashkenaz. It was often promised to friends and relat ...
seems that as it is the father who is commanded to circumcise him, he must ful- fill his mother’s bidding.^80 This source does n ...
lap. And even if her husband is the mohel[circumciser] or her father or her son, it is not the way [of the world] that such an h ...
Isaac’s circumcision ceremony, designed by the famous twelfth-century artist Nicholas of Verdun, portrays Isaac being held by a ...
Figure 4. Isaac’s Circumcision. Nicolas of Verdun, Verduner Altar, Stift Klosterneu- burg, Klosterneuburg, Austria. Photo courte ...
mekho’ar(ugly). His language is especially sharp, in that he advises anyone who fears the Lord to leave the sanctuary. These sta ...
was careful. When he was once a sandek and his wife was not with him, he com- manded that the child should be brought to him at ...
will now turn to examine one last figure, the mother of the infant, before ad- dressing this more general context. the mother On ...
In such cases, the wine was saved until after the fast. This points to an accepted practice of drinking the wine, even if not ne ...
ple that participated in the morning prayers. The task of the participants was to respond to the verses recited by the father an ...
shared features on many levels. For this reason, they require more detailed explanation. The most apparent parallel in the two r ...
practice. While incest laws restricted co-parents’ future relationships with the child they sponsored and his or her descendants ...
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