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|publisher=The Jewish Week | |publisher=The Jewish Week | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> — has become controversial. The process has the ''[[mohel]]'' place his mouth directly on the circumcision wound to draw blood away from the cut. The majority of Jewish circumcision ceremonies do not use ''metzitzah b'peh'',<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=N.Y. newborn contracts herpes from controversial circumcision rite | |title=N.Y. newborn contracts herpes from controversial circumcision rite | ||
|publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency | |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency | ||