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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…

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Franz Kafka

Places:

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

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Circumcision, Prayer, Life cycle, Ritual & observance

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Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries
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Realizing that life is not in the hands of man but is governed by the only living God Almighty in whom I believe and adore, whose Divine Mosaic Law I, His slave, follow and venerate with all my heart…

Contributor:

Abraham Mendes de Castro

Places:

Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1752

Subjects:

Will & testament, Life cycle, Charity, Inheritance, Prayer

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests