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'''Metzitzah b'peh''' is a very dangerous Jewish practice that puts the health of the infant boy at risk from infection. Holt (2013) reported tubercular ''mohelim'' were infecting infant boys with tuberculosis.<ref name="holt2013">{{REFjournal
|last=Holt
|first=L. Emmett
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=JAMA
|location=
|date=2013
|volume=61
|issue=2
|pages=99-102
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/holt1/
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|accessdate=2020-02-29
}}</ref>
{{WikipediaQuote
|URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah#Metzitzah_B'Peh_(oral_suction)
[[Category:Circumcision terms]]
[[Category:Jewish]]
[[Category:Judaism]]
[[Category:Religion]]