Brit Milah
From the English Wikipedia: The Brit Milah is the first part of the Jewish ritual circumcision procedure. It is supposedly required by the Abrahamic covenant, which is found in Genesis 17, however this has been questioned and debunked by a Jewish scholar.[1]
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, as required by the Abrahamic covenant and the Halacha. The brit milah is followed by a celebratory meal.
A boy born to a Jewish mother is a Jew without regard to his circumcision status.
The Christian elders, meeting at the Council at Jerusalem in about 49 A.D. rejected Brit Milah as a Christian practice, however it remains a Jewish practice.
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Risks
Medical science has identified several risks associated with Brit Milah. Brit Milah is a surgical operation and, like all surgical operations, has the risks of infection, bleeding, and surgical misadventure, up to and including loss of the penis and death.
Professor L. Emmett Holt (1913) reported 41 cases of tuberculosis in ritually circumcised boys who had been infected by tubercular mohels, of whom 16 had died at the time of writing.[2]
More recently, cases of infection of baby boys with herpes simplex have been reported. One death and brain damage in another has occurred.[3]
Brit Milah is a cause of urinary tract infection (UTI).[4][5][6][7]
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External links
Golish, Shlomo (2022). The Parent's Comprehensive Guide to Bris Milah
, The Bris Guide. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
References
- ↑
Glick LB (2005): Chapter One
, in: Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America. Edition: 1st. Oxford University Press. Pp. 15-18. ISBN 9780195176742. Retrieved 2 March 2020. - ↑
Holt LE. Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision. JAMA. 1913; LXI(2): 99-102. Retrieved January 2022.
- ↑
Frieden, Thomas: An open letter to the Jewish Community from the New York City Health Commissioner 
, City of New York. (13 December 2005). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ↑ Smith RM. Recent contributions to the study of pyelitis in infancy. Am J Dis Child. 1916; XII: 235.243.
- ↑ Cohen H, et al. Postcircumcision Urinary Tract Infection. Clinical Pediatrics. 1992; : 322-324.
- ↑ Goldman M, Barr J, Bistritzer T, Aladjem M. Urinary tract infection following ritual jewish circumcision. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences. 1996; 32(11): 1098-1102.
- ↑ Prais D, Shoov-Furman R, Amir J. Is circumcision a risk factor for neonatal urinary tract infections?. Arch Dis Child. 6 October 2008; DOI.
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