{"id":14357,"date":"2026-01-09T21:10:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14357"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:10:45","slug":"a-messenger-to-circumcise","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/a-messenger-to-circumcise\/","title":{"rendered":"826. A Messenger to Circumcise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is also the commandment that he must be circumcised, also by a messenger, meaning that the father should circumcise his son. Thus, the question is, Is this commandment to circumcise for the father or for himself? It is like Abraham, who circumcised himself, but Isaac did not circumcise himself, but Abraham circumcised him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It follows that it is as though his father is also a messenger to circumcise his son. 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