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Diary Entry: On Circumcision
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24 December. Sunday. [ . . . ] This morning my nephew’s circumcision. A short, bow-legged man, Austerlitz, who already has 2,800 circumcisions behind him, deftly executed the affair. The oper is…

Contributor:

Franz Kafka

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Circumcision, Prayer & liturgy, Life cycle, Ritual & observance

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Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries
Rabbinic Reports on Circumcision
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Altona, 24 Ab 5603 Chief Rabbi! Messrs. Adler and Fuld, members of your congregation, asked for my opinion, from the Jewish-religious perspective…

Contributor:

Jacob Ettlinger

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1844

Subjects:

Talmud, Halakhah, Circumcision, Theology, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Theology