Zohar Argov
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Zohar Orkabi, known professionally as Zohar Argov, was an Israeli singer. A distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene, Argov is widely known in Israel as "The king of Mizrahi music". However, he re
Zohar Argov's grave
"Zohar Argov square" in Ramla.
Brit milah
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The brit milah, or bris, is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism during which a newborn male's foreskin is surgically removed. According to the Book of Genesis, God commanded the b
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…Gili. Argov's father Ovadia, with whom he had had a stormy relationship over the latter's authoritarianism and alcoholism, died on the day of Gili's brit. Gili would later follow in his father's footsteps and become a singer as well. Due to his family situation, he was exempted from compulsory military…
"Isaac's Circumcision", Regensburg Pentateuch, c. 1300
Jewish circumcision in Venice around 1780, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris
Circumcision bench, 18th century. Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
Chair of Elijah used during the brit milah ceremony, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme