milah

milah englanniksi

1. The first step in the bris, where the akroposthion is excised (later followed by periah, then posthetomy, then metzitza).

2. 1892, Yearbook of the Central Conference of American Rabbis page 16

Milah is ordained in the Bible

3. {{quote-book|en|year=1901|author=Isidore Singer; Cyrus Adler|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Jewish_Encyclopedia/JFtDAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA99&printsec=frontcover|title=The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day · Volume 4 page 99

4. 1980, Abraham P. Bloch, The Biblical and Historical Background of Jewish Customs and Ceremonies, page 12

The milah (the cutting off of the end of the upper prepuce) is then performed. In medieval Ashkenazic communities it was customary to place the removed prepuce in a container of sand.