Shabbat Gathering: Brit dam redux.

Gud Shabbos Khaveyrim, as is our custom, we will gather tonight at 5.45p ct to welcome Shabbat. These are the coordinates:

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Password: 822665
Phone: +1 312 626 6799

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Here we go.

Of all the articles I've published at the Forward, none has racked up the clicks as much as the one I wrote about my brit dam. So, in honor of the article, here's a link to it as it was published in the Forward. (Note: The ceremonies I participated in are more accurately called a brit dam, not brit milah. Brit milah refers to the entire circumcision. Brit dam means to draw a drop of blood. Which I did so and then some.)

And may it be for all of us a blessing.

See you tonight!

Mit vareme grusn,
(With warm regards,)

All my love,
brian.

PS

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