![]() Brit Milah, which lifts the newborn son from a mere physical existence into meaningful, goal-oriented Jewish life, takes place on the eighth day. Seven completes a cycle fully and wholly. Seven major days of celebration in Jewish calendar. The seven days of celebration for chatan and kalah. The sprinkling of blood seven times in the Temple. The seven branches of the Temple Menorah. Yovel, the culmination of seven cycles of seven years. More than that, it is Judaism’s most sacred number. These numbers resonate in our consciousness and our world but no number has the power and significance of the number seven. Ten is the basis for our numbering system. Three, an ideal balance, whether in geometry or the world. “One is our G-d Who is in the Heavens and on Earth.” The number two defines the concept of evenness. Some numbers have greater significance than others, often due to their properties as primes or unique, or their role in anchoring our numbering system. ![]()
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