1. Sundance of the Sioux and the Jewish Brit Milah
The Lakota have pledgers who willing sacrifice their flesh for blessings, while Jewish parents sacrifice the flesh of their infant sons to symbolize his unity with their Christ. ... The mother will pass her son to kvatters, or messengers, who pass the child on to the side of the room that the circumcision will be performed. ... Next the infant is raised from the chair and handed to his father, who in turn places the child on the lap of the sandek or father's representative. The sandek holds the infant in his lap, with the boy's father next to the mohel while the mohel. ... Accordin...
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