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On Sunday, January 28th, Jews from all walks of life, Chassidic, religious and non-religious gathered for a festive dinner at the Young Israel Center in Hollywood, Florida to celebrate the milestone of 29,000 Britot Milah that Brit Yosef Yitzchak has performed worldwide. More Three-Year-Old Flies by Air Ambulance to His Brit Milah Three-year old Matthew faced massive obstacles to his Brit Milah; He was born by an emergency C-section, and his mother was hospitalized immediately after his birth. Once his mother, Lisa, was healthy enough to plan his Brit Milah, More 14 Boys Celebrate Brit Mila in Belarus MINSK, Belarus – 14 boys at the Gan Israel Summer Camp near Minsk joined the covenant of Abraham with G-d as they underwent a circumcision ceremony. More Dual Brit Mila for Siberian Jewish Community OMSK, Russia - In west Siberia, just as spring is unfolding in some parts of Russia, the Jewish community of Omsk was warmed by dual Brit Mila ceremonies held in their city. More Brit Mila Tradition Comes to Siberian Communities KEMEROVO, Russia – An important event in the life of the Jewish community of Kemerovo took place this week, as community members celebrated the Jewish ritual of circumcision in this west Siberian city. More First Baby Bris in 100 Years for Southern Russian City ARMAVIR, Russia - In the southern Russian city of Armavir, located 200 kilometers from Krasnodar, the Jewish community has celebrated a long-awaited event. Actually, they've been waiting for about 100 years for such an occasion. More Ten Undergo Brit Mila in Urals Capital YEKATERINBURG, Russia – Russia's Chief Mohel Yeshaya Shafit has paid a visit to the city of Yekaterinburg, traveling here from Moscow to fulfill an important mission. He had quite a busy day as he conducted Brit Mila ceremonies for ten local Jews. More Five Jews of Smolensk joined the covenant of Avraham Avinu SMOLENSK, Russia – Five Jews of Smolensk joined the covenant of Avraham Avinu this past Tuesday. The story started during a birthday party honoring the Chabad Emissary in More Brit Yosef Yitzchak performs Bris # 27,000 and 27,001 at The Shul Brit Yosef Yitzchak performed its 27,000th Bris this past Sunday. Daniel Benjamin, a 29 year-old realtor from Bradenton, FL finally celebrated his Brit Milah. Born to a Jewish mother More Multiple Brit Mila Held in Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazahstan – The Jewish community of Kazakhstan has been given a wonderful reason to celebrate, with a recent Brit Mila ceremony that took place in the city of Almaty. More Holocaust Era Survivor´s Son Circumcised at Age 61 Steve Dondalos, a renowned university professor, from Greece celebrated a triple simcha at the age of 61 in Bal Harbour, FL. Dondalos, renamed More Multiple Brit for Western Ukrainian City CHERNOVTSY, Ukraine – Joining the growing tendency across the Former Soviet Union for Jews to have Brit Mila ceremonies, several members of the Jewish community in the Ukrainian city of Chernovtsy have just undergone their own ritual circumcision. Having occurred this week, the opportunity More Multiple Brit Mila Held in Yekaterinburg YEKATERINBURG, Russia - During the first days of the new year 5766, Yekaterinburg hosted a visit by legendary mohel, Doctor Yeshaya Shafit, who visits communities throughout Russia and CIS to perform Brit Mila ceremonies. Although he visited Yekaterinburg More Mohel of Russia Marks 3500th Circumcision YEKATERINBURG, Russia – Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, the Mohel of Russia, has just carried out his 3500th circumcision this week. This notable event took place in the Synagogue of More 13 Undergo Brit in Urals Community CHELYABINSK, Russia – A camp for Jewish youth has just wrapped up in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. It was a big success, according to Rabbi Meir Kirsch, a Chabad Lubavitch emissary More Honoring Tradition: Four Undergo Brit Mila in Siberia OMSK, Russia - This week was a particularly active and joyous period for the Jewish community of Omsk, which has just celebrated four Brit Mila ceremonies. The circumcisions More Bar Mitzva & Brit Mila Celebrated in Central Russian Community NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia - Jews residing in the city of Nizhny Novgorod experienced double joy this week, with two separate occasions. One involved a Brit Mila, held for two More Brit Yosef Yitzchak Opens New Branch in Argentina On Friday Rabbi Yaron Amit, director of Bris Yosef Yitzchak, which performs circumcisions around the world, and Rabbi Yaakov Tawil, head of the organization’s Latin American More Brit Mila Brings Joy to Families in Central Ukraine CHERNIGOV, Ukraine - This week in the central Ukrainian city of Chernigov, Jews are celebrating an event that has brought particular joy to two local families. Two Jewish boys have More Salta’s Jews Participate in Shliach’s Simcha On Sunday, Rabbi Rafael Tawil, the shliach in Salta, Argentina, arranged a bris milah for his newborn baby son. The circumcision was performed by the mohel Dovid Katsche of the Bris Yosef More From a Bris to Putting on Tefillin Last week, two Jews from Hamburg were circumcised by the mohel Rabbi Chaim Rubin of the organization Bris Yosef Yitzchok. Rabbi Rubin flew to Germany from Israel especially for the More Landmark Brit Ceremony for Jews of Belarus City GRODNO, Belarus – On Thursday, the Great Synagogue in the Belorus city of Grodno hosted four Brit Mila ceremonies for local Jews. This event constitutes the first ever More Two Circumcisions in Barcelona Last week, a mohel from the Bris Yosef Yitzchok organization conducted two bris milahs in the Spanish city of Barcelona. At the recent kinnus hashluchim, there was a talk given by More Four Undergo Brit Mila in Southern Russia KRASNODAR, Russia – The Jewish community of Krasnodar celebrated the Brit Mila of four of its members, which included a 13-year-old student of the Sunday School run by the Jewish More Perm Celebrates its First Brit Mila Ceremony PERM, Russia – Just eight days after Irina and Boruch Kabanovski of Perm gave birth to their fifth child, the boy underwent a circumcision and was named Pinchas, after his grandfather. More 20 Jews from Sochi Undergo Brit Mila SOCHI, Russia - More than 20 members of the Jewish community in Sochi, including both adults and children have undergone the ceremony of circumcision over the past month. More Tallinn Celebrates Brit Mila Ceremony TALLINN, Estonia - The Jewish community of Tallinn recently held celebration, as local Jewish males ranging in age from 8 days to 25 years underwent the Brit Mila ceremony. More Moscow Mohel Holds Brit Mila for Swedish Boy MOSCOW, Russia - On Friday, a nine-year-old resident of Stockholm underwent his Brit Mila ceremony in Moscow at the 'Brit Yosef Yitzchak' Center in the Moscow Jewish Community's Humanitarian Aid Center. More Ex-surgeon flies high Lubavitcher Yishaya Shafit is Russia’s flying mohel, travelling the length and breadth of the country to circumcise the young and old. Mr Shafit, 60, is a former surgeon who More Perm Holds Brit Mila for Five - From Teenagers to 72-Year Old PERM, Russia - The Jewish community of Perm celebrated one of most ancient Jewish rituals - circumcision. Rabbi Shaya Shafit, a guest rabbi from Moscow, performed the ceremony, which More Six Brissin, Two Menachem Mendel's There was a very special day earlier this week at Camp Gan Israel of Nizhni Novagrod and Kazan, Russia. Six Brissin were held in one day. Rabbi Y. Shafit, an expert Mohel and a More Brissim in Far East Russia Fighting sub zero temperatures and a fifteen hour time change Menachem Tauber, Donny Arkush and last but not least the Mohel Yeshaya Shafit are traveling around the Far East of More Off-Site News What are Jewish news services saying about the work of Brit Yosef Yitzchak? Find out now! More A Sandak Miracle Story (Hebrew) Six and half years, no children... An amazing Sandak miracle story. Watch this video: More Sandak by the Rebbe Watch this video to see what a special blessing the Sandak gets from the Rebbe. More Triple Brit in Poltava, Russia Rabbi Aryeh Leib Lipskier, a'h, alias 'Leibel Poltaver', served as the Rabbi of Poltava, Russia seventy years ago. Last night, his grandson, son of the shliach and Rabbi of the city, Rabbi Yitzchak Segal, was circumcised and More © 2006 Brit Yosef Yitzchak Sitemap