Brit Yosef Yitzchak - A Miracle with the Lubavitch Rebbe - Hebrew with English Subtitles

The word Brit is translated as a covenant, the Mitzvah is referred to as Brit Milah. Milah literally means word or otherwise to cut. Why does this Mitzvah which the Rabbis say is equal in weight to the sum of the remaining 612 Mitzvot, and with which Abraham was finally able to receive prophecy, have such a strange name? The covenant of circumcision, literally.

If we understand that the holy tongue is precise we understand that every meaning of a word is a part of the real meaning of that word. So why does Milah mean word and cut? We learn that a word is the process of bringing the infinite spiritual concepts and thought into the physical world through speech and sound.

The Brit Milah can be thought of as the carving out of an infinite soul to occupy a physical space for the purpose of fulfilling G-d's holy covenant. Abraham dedicated his life to having the physical world recognize its infinite source. So too do we each bear the physical mark of Hashem's covenant with our father Abraham, pointing back to our infinite source.

Amazingly, the Rabbis teach that the Brit Milah is the moment when the G-dly soul begins to descend into a Jewish childs body; Judaism teaches that a person's soul isn't simply the spirit that dwells in the body -- it has separate parts, which are imparted to a person progressively -- in several successive stages; As you might have guessed, Brit Milah is one of these key stages, at which point there is an additional impartation of the child's as-yet-incomplete soul.

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Brit Yosef Yitzchak is an international non profit organization that offers a full range of Brit Milah support and services; ranging from awareness, education, financial support, health care, experienced Mohel continued education, new Mohel training and Brit standards support to Mohel monitoring and Brit advocacy.

In recognition of the difficulty that the cost of a Brit Milah may pose to a family or individual, BYY provides circumcisions free of charge with full range of support, from medical assistance by licensed doctors and expert Mohalim to post-surgery nurses and family support professionals.

At the forefront of research and international Mohel coordination and integration, the organization is engaged in developing the worlds most advanced Brit Milah resource center and hotline.

Brit Yosef Yitzchak was founded in 1989 by Rabbi Yaron Amit through the guidance and blessing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. With the fall of the Iron Curtain, many previously persecuted Jews were finally given the opportunity to establish their Covenant with G-d in the same manner as Abraham their father. Jews were finally offered a chance to renew their bond with G-d and their Jewish heritage, something that was heretofore inconceivable. Adults and children alike were in desperate need of fulfilling this fundamental commitment to their faith. The exodus of hundreds of thousands of Jews from Russia to Israel awoke a new dawn. The yearning of these newly arrived immigrants from the former Soviet Union was the seed which sprouted forth into Brit Yosef Yitzchak.

On the shoulders of its single original founder, Brit Yosef Yitzchak has grown into a multinational organization. Together with its many international partners and various offices, Brit Yosef Yitzchak and its hundreds of Mohalim have performed Brit Milah (ritual circumcision) on Jews around the world. To date BYY has performed more than 27,000 Brit Milah procedures in over 235 cities around the world. Headquartered in Israel, BYY has permanent staff in Israel, the former Soviet Union, and the United States.

Brit Yosef Yitzchak is an international organization dedicated to connecting Jews with their heritage in the most fundamental way, by promoting, facilitating and performing the Mitzvah of Brit Milah (ritual circumcision) for Jewish males worldwide.

Brit Yosef Yitzchak believes that no Jewish male should be deprived the opportunity of having a Brit Milah and, as such, is committed to providing a Brit Milah for any Jew anywhere, free of charge.

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