[HANASHIR:1364] Re: Songs for Circumcision

[Judy Caplan Ginsburgh <jerd...>]

Also, the group Mah Tovu has an Abraham and Isaac song on their Jewish Rock n
Roll Singer tape.

Judy : )

Rachel Gurevitz wrote:

> Am I getting my midrash muddled, or is circumcision linked to Abraham's
> near sacrifice of Isaac?  If it is then Joan Baez (I thought you'd like
> that, Jess) sings a great acoustic number called Abraham and Isaac which
> retells the story on the 'Play Me Backwards' album.  If you don't have it
> and it is actually relevant, give me a call and I'll bring it with me to
> Finchley Reform tomorrow (and pop it in to you on the way home if you're
> not there).
>
> Circumcision also comes up with relation to Moses - he may well not have
> made it back to Egypt to tell Pharoah to let the people go if his wife
> hadn't insisted on circumcising their son, thereby saving him from death
> from a serious illness.  So maybe a tangental link could be made to
> anything to do with Moses, highlighting the extent to which the ritual was
> valued in that telling of history in the Torah.
>
> Likewise, the rape of Dinah leads to Joseph's brothers first insisting on
> the circumsion of an entire tribe in order that the man responsible can
> honour the family by marrying her, and then killing the males of an entire
> community in revenge whilst they were still 'weak' from having had the chop
> - but maybe you don't want to sing about that :-)
>
> BTW - mazeltov to the family! (I'm not sure if Jess has announced this to
> the list, but she is an aunty again - her brother and his wife have just
> had a baby - Oliver).  I assume that's why you're asking, Jess?
>
> Rachel G
>
> At 18:30 17/09/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >Just wondering (on the off chance) whether anyone has any songs (prob.
> >paradies I guess) on circumcision.
> >
> >(ouch)
> >
> >Jess
> >
> >
> >



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