Jewish circumcision: Difference between revisions

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== Peri'ah ==

At birth, the [[foreskin]] is adhered to the [[glans]] by a [[synechia]] like a nail to a finger. ''[[Periah| Peri'ah]]'' (a Hebrew word that means "opening") is a second stage that was later added to the original milah procedure, which involves ripping the adhering mucous membrane from the glans, and removing foreskin as far as the base of the [[glans]] (AKA the corona) so that it is completely and permanently exposed. <ref>{{REFbook

At birth, the [[foreskin]] is adhered to the [[glans]] by a [[synechia]] like a nail to a finger. ''[[Periah| Peri'ah]]'' (a Hebrew word that means "opening") is a second stage that was later added to the original milah procedure, which involves ripping the adhering mucous membrane from the glans, and removing [[foreskin]] as far as the base of the [[glans]] (AKA the corona) so that it is completely and permanently exposed.<ref>{{REFbook

|last=Cohen

|first=Shaye J. D.

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|publisher={{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press

|isbn=0-19-517674-X

|quote=For obvious reasons this was anathema to the rabbis: tantamount to rejection of Judaism and defiance of rabbinic authority.

|quote=For obvious reasons this was anathema to the rabbis: tantamount to rejection of [[Judaism]] and defiance of rabbinic authority.

|accessdate=2011-09-23

|note=

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|publisher={{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press

|isbn=0-19-517674-X

|quote=Foreskin stretching (called "uncircumcision," or epispasm) appears to have been a common practice among Hellenized Jewish men...

|quote=Foreskin stretching (called "uncircumcision," or [[epispasm]]) appears to have been a common practice among Hellenized Jewish men...

|accessdate=2011-09-23

|note=

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 == Peri'ah ==
-At birth, the [[foreskin]] is adhered to the [[glans]] by a [[synechia]] like a nail to a finger. ''[[Periah| Peri'ah]]'' (a Hebrew word that means "opening") is a second stage that was later added to the original milah procedure, which involves ripping the adhering mucous membrane from the glans, and removing foreskin as far as the base of the [[glans]] (AKA the corona) so that it is completely and permanently exposed. <ref>{{REFbook
+At birth, the [[foreskin]] is adhered to the [[glans]] by a [[synechia]] like a nail to a finger. ''[[Periah| Peri'ah]]'' (a Hebrew word that means "opening") is a second stage that was later added to the original milah procedure, which involves ripping the adhering mucous membrane from the glans, and removing [[foreskin]] as far as the base of the [[glans]] (AKA the corona) so that it is completely and permanently exposed.<ref>{{REFbook
   |last=Cohen
   |first=Shaye J. D.
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   |publisher={{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press
   |isbn=0-19-517674-X
-  |quote=For obvious reasons this was anathema to the rabbis: tantamount to rejection of Judaism and defiance of rabbinic authority.
+  |quote=For obvious reasons this was anathema to the rabbis: tantamount to rejection of [[Judaism]] and defiance of rabbinic authority.
   |accessdate=2011-09-23
   |note=
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   |publisher={{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press
   |isbn=0-19-517674-X
-  |quote=Foreskin stretching (called "uncircumcision," or epispasm) appears to have been a common practice among Hellenized Jewish men...
+  |quote=Foreskin stretching (called "uncircumcision," or [[epispasm]]) appears to have been a common practice among Hellenized Jewish men...
   |accessdate=2011-09-23
   |note=