tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post548699380069340943..comments2024-03-28T15:14:16.180+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Picture of the DayRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-52012741626753773552021-03-14T08:26:10.351+02:002021-03-14T08:26:10.351+02:00There is actually a halakhic discussion about whet...There is actually a halakhic discussion about whether mohalim can circumcise Muslims. I believe that because the Rambam says that Arabs are chayav l'halakha, the consensus is they can. And come to think, the bracha would then apply...Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-62353570220251676902021-03-12T20:54:38.197+02:002021-03-12T20:54:38.197+02:00Not to over analyze, but technically, the fact tha...Not to over analyze, but technically, the fact that the child is descended from Avraham and is fulfilling a tradition of his parents applies no less to the Arabas. It is a part of the Abraham Accord.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-91155424277527323802021-03-11T18:31:39.612+02:002021-03-11T18:31:39.612+02:00interestingly, Lucy Ahrish commented about the bri...interestingly, Lucy Ahrish commented about the bris that it was fine b her because Arabs also circumcise Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-54295466932220389142021-03-11T16:36:08.504+02:002021-03-11T16:36:08.504+02:00I believe that Rav Shnuel Salant has an opinion th...I believe that Rav Shnuel Salant has an opinion that is a child is being raised as a Jew and will probably want to convert when he bcomes bar mitzva, it is possible to do a Brit l'shem Girut as a baby, and when he is old enough to accept Mitzvot he only requires Mikva, and not another Brit.<br /><br />Not sure if that is what is happening here, but even if not, there is a good chance that the child would want to be circumcised when grows older, either so that he can convert, or so that he will be like most other Israelis (Jewish and Muslim), so circumsicing him as a baby would be doing him a favourMichael Sedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684514303911193073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-74420970322971852792021-03-11T14:51:15.270+02:002021-03-11T14:51:15.270+02:00interesting idea but wouldnt a mikva need to be in...interesting idea but wouldnt a mikva need to be involved?Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-60085039125015837762021-03-11T14:50:13.461+02:002021-03-11T14:50:13.461+02:00Wondering if the Mohel did the brit thinking of it...Wondering if the Mohel did the brit thinking of it as a conversion brit? Meir Smullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400568657525064348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-44994527222876236752021-03-11T14:49:57.599+02:002021-03-11T14:49:57.599+02:00Wondering if the Mohel did the brit thinking of it...Wondering if the Mohel did the brit thinking of it as a cinversion brit? Meir Smullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400568657525064348noreply@blogger.com