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• “I'd * like* to be in bris for new years, but so far I haven't managed to nail down anyone who will actually say that they will be in bris and ergo capable of offering me somewhere to crash.”

  December 6th, 2003

• “Got several "if i'm in bris" offers, but everyone wavering like hells.”

  December 6th, 2003

• “Should be crashing at Kate's from 30th, so at least get a few days in bris w/everyone.”

  December 18th, 2003

• “Looks like my previous plans of being in bris from 28th are starting to dissolve (lack of crash space + ppl being all over the place).”

  December 18th, 2003

• “And all three were covered with broken ice, logs, and all sorts of débris from the upper valleys.”

  The Case of Jennie Brice

• “Smooth, upright walls alone mark the place where the work has been done; and the amount of débris is altogether insignificant.”

  A Thousand Miles Up the Nile

• “Of course, since the word bris can be said to have entered the English language,”

  Queerty

• “And while Paul may have been a bit insensitive, the word bris in English probably did come from Yiddish (which more Jewish would have spoken than Hebrew), and the relationship between Jews and Yiddish has been a long and complicated one.”

  Queerty

• “The ceremony to keep the Covenant is called the bris -- short for bris milah -- the "covenant of circumcision," tracing back to a deal between God and Abraham, the ultimate father of all Jews and all Muslims, over 5,000 years ago!”

  The Huffington Post: Love of A Grandchild, the Pain of the Bris

• “Jewish boys are circumcised eight days after birth, in a ceremony called a bris where the circumcision is performed by a specially trained rabbi, termed a moyl.”

  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]

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