bris

/ ˈbrɪt; ˈbrɪs /

noun

Judaism ritual circumcision of male babies, usually at eight days old, regarded as the formal entry of the child to the Jewish community

Origin of bris¹

from Hebrew, literally: covenant

Taking a bite out of it made me feel like I was at a family bris… in a good, nostalgic way.

At the time of his bris, she was recovering from a C-section and unable to attend.

But each of these boys underwent a bris that followed an ancient ritual not widely practiced outside the ultra-Orthodox community.

But then again, Haredi children are the key to “Jewish continuity”… so yea, Commentary will be coming to the bris.

The soil chiefly consists of a decomposed limestone schist, locally termed bris.

In construction throughout, and especially in that of the wings, Le Bris adhered as closely as possible to the original albatross.

Le Bris made his first experiment on a main road near Douarnenez, at Trefeuntec.

Il n'y avoit rien a esperer du bris; les vagues avoient tout fait rouler ca et la dans la mer.

Bris'sotin, one of the followers of Jean Pierre Brissot, an advanced revolutionist.

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[ab-skwoch-uh-leyt ]

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