Below is an outline of the material covered in Rabbi Atkins' course:
The study with Rabbi Atkins will include (but not be limited to) the following books and material: Students will be provided photocopies of articles and urged to purchase several of the books.

Brit Milah, Rabbi Pesach Krohn, Artscroll
Berit Milah, Reform Movement
Brit Milah and Pidyon HaBen, Rabbi Eugene Cohen

Shulchan Aruch
Responsa Literature
Recent Publications
Personal Narratives
Name Guides

Articles about Brit Milah in.....
History
Midrash
Bible
Creative Services
The "Standard" Service
P.R. Types of Articles

Imagine yourself doing a Brit Milah
Your presentation at a Brit Milah
Counseling parents
Follow through with Parents/Caregivers
Family traditions
Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions
Naming the baby
Possible Problems
Medical Questions

Eighth day Shabbat
Non-Jewish Mother
Brit before eighth day
Anesthesia
Hatafat dam Brit for conversion

The anti-circumcision movement
Sharing the ceremony with a rabbi
Follow through
Publicity
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