A Jewish ceremony for newborn girls : the Torah's covenant affirmed /
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Waltham, Massachusetts :
Brandeis University Press,
[2014]
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| Schriftenreihe: | HBI series on Jewish women
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Inhaltsangabe:
- I. Naming and welcoming. Traditional Ashkenazic naming practices for girls
- A first and only naming
- New modern practices for baby girls
- II. covenant. Women and covenant
- The conflation of covenant and circumcision
- A central covenantal ritual for girls
- Conveying the covenantal theme
- III. A tradition of customs. Ceremonies for newborn girls as developing customs
- An eighth-day ceremony for newborn Jewish girls.