[Avodah] german custom

[Shlomo Pick]

Mention was made that: 

>>> For a linguist, the importance of the ceremony being called "halaqe" 

>>> (Arabic for "shaving, haircut") also cannot be overemphasized.  As 

>>> most people are aware, Jews have always used Hebrew words for old 

>>> Jewish minhogim.

 

There is a German custom of Chol Kreiss, i.e. verses of the Torah read by
youth by a male child before giving a secular (chol) name.  When was this
practice started and by whom? It can be found in the Seligman Baer Siddur,
after the Torah readings on p 494 (Seder Avodat Yisrael, Tel Aviv 5717
[1957] edition).

The term has a combination of Hebrew (chol) and German? (Kreiss).  I doubt
it's an original Jewish minhag or perhaps it is to give sanctity (?) to a
non Jewish name.

Baer originally published his siddue in 1868 (5628) and if he recorded the
custom there, it must have been already accepted by the general public. Is
it still practiced today by Jews of German descent? 

Curious,

Shlomo Pick

 

 

 

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