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}}</ref> Periah is the name given to the second part of the [[Jewish circumcision|Jewish ritual circumcision]] procedure.
==Description==
Jewish ritual circumcision is carried out by a specially trained religious official called a ''[[mohel]]''. The [[Preputial mucosa| inner foreskin]] of an infant boy is fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]]. [[James Peron]] (2000) reported:
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Periah consists of tearing and stripping back the remaining inner mucosal lining of the foreskin from the glans and then, by use of a sharp finger nail or implement, removing all of the inner mucosal tissue, including the excising and removal of the [[frenulum]] from the underside of the [[glans]]. The objective was to insure that no part of the remaining penile skin would rest against the glans corona. If any shreds of the mucosal foreskin tissue remained, or rejoined to the underside of the glans, the child was to be re-circumcised.<ref name="peron2000">{{REFjournal
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==History==
The periah procedure was introduced in the Second Century by the rabbinate as a result of the conflict that occurred between Jewish and Greek culture in Biblical times.