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The '''''brit milah''''' (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה; Ashkenazi pronunciation: bʁis ˈmilə, "covenant of [[circumcision]]"; Yiddish pronunciation: ''bris'' (bʀɪs)) is a Jewish religious male [[circumcision ceremony]] performed by a ''[[mohel]]'' on the eighth day of a male infant's life. The ''brit milah'' is followed by a celebratory meal. | The '''''brit milah''''' (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה; Ashkenazi pronunciation: bʁis ˈmilə, "covenant of [[circumcision]]"; Yiddish pronunciation: ''bris'' (bʀɪs)) is a Jewish religious male [[circumcision ceremony]] performed by a ''[[mohel]]'' on the eighth day of a male infant's life. The ''brit milah'' is followed by a celebratory meal. | ||
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==Risks== | |||
Medical science has identified several risks associated with Brit Milah. | |||
Professor [[L. Emmett Holt]] (1913) reported 41 cases of tuberculosis in ritually circumcised boys who had been infected by tubercular [[Mohel| mohels]], of whom 16 had died at the time of writing.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Holt | |||
|init=LE | |||
|author-link= | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/holt1/ | |||
|title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision | |||
|journal=JAMA | |||
|date=1913 | |||
|volume=LXI | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=99-102 | |||
|accessdate=2022-1-8 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
More recently, cases of infection of baby boys with herpes simplex have been reported. One death and brain damage in another has occurred.<ref name="frieden2005">{{REFdocument | |||
|title=An open letter to the Jewish Community from the New York City Health Commissioner | |||
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214110055/http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/std/std-bris-commishletter.pdf | |||
|contribution= | |||
|last=Frieden | |||
|first=Thomas | |||
|publisher=City of New York | |||
|format=PDF | |||
|date=2005-12-13 | |||
|accessdate=2022-01-09 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
Brit Milah is a cause of [[urinary tract infection]] (UTI).<ref name="smith1916">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Smith | |||
|init=RM | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/smith1916/ | |||
|title=Recent contributions to the study of pyelitis in infancy | |||
|journal=Am J Dis Child | |||
|date=1916 | |||
|volume=XII | |||
|pages=235.243 | |||
}}</ref><ref name="Cohen 1992">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Cohen | |||
|init=H | |||
|etal=yes | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/cohen/ | |||
|title=Postcircumcision Urinary Tract Infection | |||
|journal=Clinical Pediatrics | |||
|date=1992 | |||
|pages=322-324 | |||
}}</ref><ref name="Goldman 1996">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Goldman | |||
|init=M | |||
|last2=Barr | |||
|init2=J | |||
|last3=Bistritzer | |||
|init3=T | |||
|last4=Aladjem | |||
|init4=M | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/goldman/ | |||
|title=Urinary tract infection following ritual jewish circumcision | |||
|journal=Israel Journal of Medical Sciences | |||
|date=1996 | |||
|volume=32 | |||
|issue=11 | |||
|pages=1098-1102 | |||
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Prais | |||
|init=D | |||
|last2=Shoov-Furman | |||
|init2=R | |||
|last3=Amir | |||
|init3=J | |||
|title=Is circumcision a risk factor for neonatal urinary tract infections? | |||
|journal=Arch Dis Child | |||
|date=2008-10-06 | |||
|DOI=10.1136/adc.2008.144063 | |||
|url=http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/adc.2008.144063v1 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
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* [[Abrahamic covenant]] | * [[Abrahamic covenant]] | ||
* [[Brit Shalom]] | * [[Brit Shalom]] | ||
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[[Category:Circumcision term]] | [[Category:Circumcision term]] | ||