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''From the English [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah Wikipedia]:''
The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' 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 chapter has been questioned and debunked by a Jewish scholar.<ref name="glick2005">{{REFbook
|last=Glick
|first=Leonard B.
}}</ref>
</blockquote>
Brit Milah is performed by a ''[[mohel]]''.
==Risks==
|DOI=10.1136/adc.2008.144063
|url=http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/adc.2008.144063v1
}}</ref> The infection appears within two weeks after the ritual operation.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Toker
|first=
|init=O
|author-link=
|last2=Schwartz
|first2=
|init2=S
|author2-link=
|last3=Segal
|first3=
|init3=G
|author3-link=
|last4=Godovitch
|first4=
|init4=N
|author4-link=
|last5=Schlesinger
|first5=
|init5=Y
|author5-link=
|last6=Raveh
|first6=
|init6=D
|author6-link=
|etal=no
|title=A costly covenant: ritual circumcision and urinary tract infection
|journal=Isr Med Assoc J
|location=
|date=2010-05
|volume=12
|issue=5
|page=
|pages=262-5
|url=https://www.ima.org.il/FilesUploadPublic/IMAJ/0/39/19639.pdf
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=20929075
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2023-11-09
}}</ref>
== Social developments ==
Jewish families increasingly are questioning the practice of male circumcision. The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, reported that many Jewish families are rejecting ritual circumcision.<ref name="ahituv2021">{{REFnews
|title=Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise Their Sons
|url=https://www.haaretz.com/even-in-israel-more-and-more-parents-choose-not-to-circumcise-1.5178506
|last=Ahituv
|first=Netta
|coauthors=
|publisher=Haaretz
|website=
|date=2021-06-14
|accessdate=2023-12-27
|quote=The survey also found that nearly a third of the parents would prefer to forgo circumcision but nevertheless have it done for social reasons (16.6 percent), health reasons (10.4 percent) and because it is important for the grandparents (2.1 percent).
}}</ref> In the [[United States]], a new organization, [[Bruchim]], seeks to make non-circumcision acceptable in synagogues.
== Video ==
<b>Jewish Circumcision Ritual and Jews Who Say No</b>
<youtube>v=INy_JH6lzHI</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Abrahamic covenant]]
* [[Penile herpes simplex virus type 1 infection (after Jewish ritual circumcision)]]
* [[Periah]]
* [[Trauma]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|accessdate=2022-11-24
}}
* {{REFwebREFbook
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/legal/chessler/02.php#D3
|titlechapter=Judaism and Male Circumcision: The Bible and its ContradictionContradictions |title=Justifying the Unjustifiable: Rite v. Wrong
|last=Chessler
|first=Abbie J.
|init=AJ
|author-link=Abbie Chessler
|publisher=Buffalo Law Review
|dateyear=1997
|accessdate=2023-08-26
}}
{{REF}}
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