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{{Construction Site}} '''Yitzhok Fischer''' is the Mohel [[mohel]] in New York that has been tied to four neonatal [[herpes ]] infections, including one [[death ]] and one case of brain damage. In 2007 he was ordered to stop performing [[metzitzah b'peh]]. He has tested positive for [[herpes]].<ref>{{REFweb | last= | first= | date=2012-04-06 | title=Mohel At Center Of Bris Controversy Tested Positive For Herpes, Documents Show | url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking_news/mohel_center_bris_controversy_tested_positive_herpes_documents_show | publisher= | accessdate=2012-10-14

| last= | first= | date=2012-08-22 | title=Exclusive: Banned Mohel Still Apparently Performing ‘Metzitzah’ | url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/exclusive_banned_mohel_still_apparently_performing_metzitzah | publisher= | accessdate=2012-03-03}}</ref> This is one of the cases that led to the city of NY to create a new law requiring mohels to obtain signed [[Informed consent | consent]] from the parents before performing metzitzah b'peh.<ref>{{REFweb | last= | first= | date=2012-09-12 | title=NYC Approves Ritual Circumcision Consent Form | url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/09/13/nyc-approves-ritual-circumcision-consent-form/ | publisher= | accessdate=2012-10-14

| last= | first= | date=2012-09-04 | title=Circumcisers Who Vow to Ignore Parents' Wishes Make Religious Ritual Even Scarier | url=http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/142889/circumcisers_who_vow_to_ignore | publisher= | accessdate=2012-10-14}}</ref> and have expressed intentions to disobey the law.<ref>{{REFweb | last= | first= | date=2012-09-03 | title=Rabbis Will Defy Law on Circumcision Ritual | url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/09/03/rabbis-will-defy-law-on-circumcision-ritual/ | publisher= | accessdate=2012-10-14}}</ref>. Some rabbis are suing the city to challenge this ruling.<ref>{{REFweb | last= | first= | date=2012-10-12 | title=Rabbis challenge NYC over controversial circumcision | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57531340/rabbis-challenge-nyc-over-controversial-circumcision/ | publisher= | accessdate=2012-10-14

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