Anusim and Brit Milah Circumcision Part 2

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In this video, we continue looking at a section from Simcha Asaf’s work on the Anusim. This section deals with the topic of brit milah, i.e., circumcision and discusses the fascinating personality, Diogo Pires, who became known as Shlomo Molcho. This video details his account of his circumcision. It also continues with another story mentioned by Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdqXq433Vt8&t=221s

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Posted by Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez the director of the B’nei Anusim Center for Education. He is the author of The Converso Dilemma: Halakhic Responsa and the Status of Forced Converts

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Rabbi Juan Marcos Bejarano-Gutierrez is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas where he earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. He studied at the Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland and received a Master of Arts Degree with Distinction in Judaic Studies. He completed his doctoral studies at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago in 2015. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Complex Identities: Christian and Jewish Attitudes Towards Conversos” and was accepted in September 2015. He also studied at the American Seminary for Contemporary Judaism and received rabbinic ordination in 2011 from Yeshivat Mesilat Yesharim.

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