Is Metzitzah B Peh required?
Rabbi Moshe Tendler, a medical ethicist and dean of Yeshiva University’s (Orthodox) rabbinical school, was quoted in The JewishDaily Forward as saying: “There is no requirement to make metzitzah b’peh. The Talmud says plainly it is not part of the ritual but belongs to the medical, post-surgical component.
Is oral suction circumcision legal?
Section 181.21 prohibits a person from performing oral suction during a circumcision unless that person obtains signed consent from a parent or guardian of the infant….
Are most guys circumcised?
Three-quarters of American adult men are circumcised. There are over one million procedures each year, or around one every 30 seconds.
Is it a sin not to be circumcised?
Contemporary practices. Today, many Christian denominations are neutral about ritual male circumcision, not requiring it for religious observance, but neither forbidding it for cultural or other reasons.
What is the metzitzah b’peh controversy?
Metzitzah B’peh Controversy: Rabbinic Polemics and Applying the Lessons of History. Some time ago, a series of babies became infected with serious, life-threatening sores in their groin areas shortly after they were circumcised.
What is metzitzah b’peh (or oral suction)?
The practice, called metzitzah b’peh, or oral suction, is used by a small number of Orthodox mohels (Jewish ritual circumcisers). Many assume this practice is a hallmark of strict religious observance — for better or worse, the ultimate in adherence to Jewish tradition.
Why did Rabbi Horowitz abandon metzitzah b’peh?
In communicating to the Jewish community Rabbi Horowitz’s and the Chatam Sofer’s ruling, he is motivated to abandon metzitzah b’peh by “the wish to remove from this important religious act any ugliness, which affronts the eye of the expert as it does the emotions of the layman.” 13
Do mohelim perform metzitzah b’peh during circumcision?
To protect the health of New York City’s infants, the Commissioner of Health has ordered mohelim identified as having infected a baby with HSV-1 through metzitzah b’peh to not perform this practice during the circumcision ritual. Before you hire a mohel, ask if they do metzitzah b’peh.