The Covenant with Abraham Flashcards
What is Canaan?
The ancient name for Israel.
Who is Ishmael?
Abraham’s son - ancestor of Arab people.
Who is Isaac?
Abraham’s son - ancestor of Jewish people.
What is Brit Milah?
Covenant of circumcision.
What is a mohel?
An expert circumciser.
What is Brit Shalom?
Covenant of peace (ceremony welcoming uncircumcised baby boys)
What is Brit Chayim?
Covenant of life ceremony for Reform girl babies.
Who called Abraham and when?
1000 years before Moses God called Abraham to leave his family in Iraq and go to Canaan to worship one true God.
What happened in God’s second appearance to Abraham?
God promised Abraham to give the land of Canaan to his descendants.
How was Ishmael created if Sarah and Abraham couldn’t have children?
Hagar, the maid, was offered by Sarah as a surrogate but Sarah couldn’t accept Ishmael.
What did God promise Abraham?
Abraham and Sarah will have a child at old age called Isaac.
SOWAA for Abraham?
‘father of many nations’
SOWAA for brit milah?
‘every male among you must be circumcised’
What could be the reason for circumcision?
A bodily sign of Israel’s commitment to God.
Why dont some Jews circumcise their baby?
The torah forbids marking and cuttings of the body.
SOWAA for against brit milah?
‘you shall not make any cuttings in the flesh’
Process of Brit Milah?
Jewish babies are circumcised at 8 days old by a mohel.
They have a brit milah special ceremony.
The father promises to raise the boy as Jewish.
The father thanks God for the circumcision.
SOWAA for brit milah?
‘enter into the covenant of Abraham’
Why dont Reform and Liberal Jews circumcise their babies? What do they do instead?
Medical reasons.
They have brit shalom to claim their child as an heir to Abraham’s covenant since the covenant is still important to them.
