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Q: I'm confused about all the differ-
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circumcision). I know there is a kvat-
ter and a sandek. What's the differ-
ence between them?
A: Here's the procedure and the roles:
Mother and baby usually are in a
room different from where the brit is
to be held. The mother hands the
baby to another woman, known as the
kvatterin, who brings the baby to the
room of the brit. The kvatterin hands
the baby to the kvatter (in most cases,
the kvatter and kvatterin are married),
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Q: With Ariel Sharon so much in the
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feminine name of the same spelling?
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and "the Sharon" refers to the flat, fer-
tile coastal area of Israel that extends
from Mount Carmel to Jaffa.
The name occurs in the Tanach
(Jewish Bible) in several places, includ-
ing Song of Songs 2:1 ("I am a rose of
Sharon ..."), Isaiah 33:9 ("... the
Sharon is like a wilderness ..."), also
Isaiah 35:2 and 65:10, and I

Chronicles 27:29.
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directly from the Hebrew and was
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Puritans (probably from the reference
in Song of Songs), who were fond of
biblical names. Likewise, the name of
Sharon, Pa., is derived from the same
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