Episode 305: The Jewish History of Circumcision - Shaye Cohen
Judaism Unbound
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Cutting the Foreskin
circumcision takes place on the eighth day of life, not as a puberty ritual. Sorobacy is not given consent. No one else did that, as far as we know. And second of all, ancient israel were the only ones who took this idea of cutting the foreskin, which was widely practised, but now investing it with covenental value. Now our god is bound to us. So we promise to obey his demands, and he es to take care of us. Why? That's the deal.
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