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Torah and Jewish Idea => Torah and Jewish Idea => Topic started by: edu on October 14, 2012, 02:37:10 AM

Title: Metzitza in the Circumcision Ceremony
Post by: edu on October 14, 2012, 02:37:10 AM

Since this topic has recently been in the news, I found at
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/735797/Rabbi_Alfred_Cohen/Brit_Mila_and_the_Specter_of_Aids an article by Rabbi Alfred Cohen who wrote a long english article about the Metzitza process in circumcision.

Title: Re: Metzitza in the Circumcision Ceremony
Post by: edu on October 16, 2012, 02:02:27 AM

I found this Wikipedia article that might shed light why at one point in time at least, the rabbis believed that Metzitza was a health benefit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wound_licking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wound_licking)