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שמחת בת | Simḥat Bat of Amalya Shaḥar Exler-Kaunfer, by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and Lisa Exler

In place of the blood of the slaughtered bulls from the covenantal ceremony in Exodus, we looked for another substance to effect the covenant ceremony. Amalya was born right after Shavuot, on which we have a tradition to eat dairy. In fact, milk itself is associated with the acceptance of Torah, as described in the following Midrash which quotes a verse from Song of Songs (4:11): “Sweetness drops from your lips, O bride; honey and milk are under your tongue and the scent of your robes is like the scent of Lebanon.” . . .

Categories: Brit Milah & Simḥat Bat

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ceremony, dairy foods, הדר Hadar, infants, naming, parent, Parents blessing children, prayers concerning children, Prayers on behalf of children, שבועות Shavuot, שמחת בת simḥat bat, soporifics, Torah as milk

Contributor(s): Elie Kaunfer and Lisa Exler

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Brit Mila. This illustration comes from f. 5r of Sefer Ot haBrit, an 1824 gift from a certain Jonah Quo, rabbi, to Ezekiel Treich, mohel of Lipník nad Bečvou.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

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