Part One – Life | 148 weight ( of which his physicians yearly keep an exact account ) they presume to guess of the present estate of his body, of which they speak flatteringly, however they think it to be . ” Sir THOMAS ROE’s Voyage to India . 1 Whether Jews of India learned from the locals or vice - versa is by no means clear . Probably both learned from the Moslems’ akeekah ceremony . the Akeekah ( or Aqiqah ) 2 ceremony in the Islamic tradition comprises the sacrifice of an animal at a child’s birth ; either one sheep for a baby girl, or two for a baby boy . the baby is pledged for his Akeekah on the seventh day after his birth, the sacrifice is made on that day, his head is shaved, and he is given a number . If for some reason the sacrifice cannot be carried out on the seventh day, it may be done on the fourteenth or twenty - first, and if these days are not possible, on any day before puberty . ( See Bunan, al - tirmidlvi, Hadith sect . 1522 - 1524 . ) 3 It is also interesting to ...
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