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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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The main goal of "priah" (also known as "bris periah"), is to remove as much of the inner layer of the [[foreskin]] as possible and prevent the movement of the [[shaft skin]], what creates the look and function of what is known as a "[[Circumcision_methods#Low_.26_Tight|low and tight]]" [[circumcision]].<ref name=":5">{{REFweb

  |quote=the rabbis go on to dedicate all of chapter 19 to circumcision .. ''milah'', ''peri'ah'', and ''metsitsah''. This is the first text specifying peri'ah as an absolute requirement. The same chapter is where we first find mention of the warning that leaving even "shreds" of foreskin renders the procedure "invalid."

  |note=Section 19.2 from Moed tractate Shabbat (Talmud) is quoted.

  |title=Talmud Bavli Tractate Yebamoth

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When medical doctors started to do [[circumcision]] in the Nineteenth Century, the procedure adopted was essentially the Jewish version with periah. According to [[E. J. Spratling]] (1895) who emphasized the importance of tissue destruction:

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To obtain the best results one must cut away enough skin and mucous membrane to rather put it on the stretch when erections come later. There must be no play in the skin after the wound has thoroughly healed, but it must fit tightly over the [[penis]], for should there be any play the patient will be found to readily resume his practice, not begrudging the time and extra energy required to produce the orgasm. It is true, however, that the longer it takes to have an orgasm, the less frequently it will be attempted, consequently the greater the benefit gained...<ref>{{REFjournal

And that is the way non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]] is still done today, essentially just as the rabbinate ordained in 140 A. D.

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* [[Brit Milah]]

* [[Metzitzah b'peh]]

* [[Pain]]

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