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[[Image:Metzitzah_b_peh.gif|right|thumb|A mohel performing metzitzah b'peh on a newly circumcised infant.]] | [[Image:Metzitzah_b_peh.gif|right|thumb|A mohel performing metzitzah b'peh on a newly circumcised infant.]] | ||
''Metzitzah b'peh'' (a word that means "sucking" in Hebrew) is a third stage of a traditional Jewish circumcision, although nowadays it is perfomed by only a few rigorously Orthodox mohels. In this stage, the mohel sucks on the bleeding [[penis]] of the infant with his mouth; this is claimed to reduce bleeding, though the origin and initial significance of this practice is unclear. | ''Metzitzah b'peh'' (a word that means "sucking" in Hebrew) is a third stage of a traditional Jewish circumcision, although nowadays it is perfomed by only a few rigorously Orthodox mohels. In this stage, the mohel sucks on the [[bleeding]] [[penis]] of the infant with his mouth; this is claimed to reduce [[bleeding]], though the origin and initial significance of this practice is unclear. | ||
In the recent past (1913), it was realized that some mohels were transmitting tuberculosis and syphilis by oral contact with freshly wounded penises,<ref>{{REFjournal | In the recent past (1913), it was realized that some mohels were transmitting tuberculosis and syphilis by oral contact with freshly wounded penises,<ref>{{REFjournal | ||