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A sandek or sandak (Hebrew: סנדק "companion of child", from Koine Greek: σύντεκνος) is a person honored at a brit milah in Judaism, traditionally either by holding the baby boy on the knees or thighs when the mohel performs the circumcision or by handing the baby to the mohel.
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| Sandek | related to Customs | Moses Isserles | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | The Vilna Gaon | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | Midrash Tehillim | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | Psalms | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | All | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | YHWH | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | God | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | The Rema | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | The | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | Temple | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | Jerusalem | 0.60 | section |
| Sandek | related to Customs | Similarly | 0.60 | section |
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