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Pittsburgh, PA - [[Mordechai Rosenberg]], a local rabbi is being sued after allegedly botching a bris, the traditional Jewish circumcision ritual, and severing a newborn boy's [[penis]].
The incident detailed in the lawsuit happened at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill in 2013.
But our sources say it took eight hours. The baby needed six blood transfusions and was hospitalized for nearly two months. Sources describe the reattachment procedure as successful.
Dr. Losee says microsurgery advances every day, but it's risky.
On his website, Rabbi Rosenberg says he is recognized as a "certified mohel by the American Board of Ritual Circumcision." His site also says "a doctor's medical circumcision, usually performed in the hospital, is not considered valid according to Jewish law."
"That is extraordinarily serious and is extraordinarily rare," said attorney [[David Llewellyn]]. Llewellyn handles cases involving injury during circumcision -- — injury brought on by both doctors in the hospital and mohels in religious ceremonies.
"Your average pediatric urologist probably spends about 20 percent of his or her time repairing children who have been circumcised," Llewellyn says.
"This is pretty much unregulated," Llewellyn said.
He says there is no regulated standard for training or certification of mohels, or any place for reporting injuries from [[circumcision]].
"There's virtually no regulation of this any place in the [[United States ]] that I know of," Llewellyn said. "I think the government probably should require some sort of training if this is going to be done."
Rabbi Rosenberg told KDKA (local radio station in Pittsburgh): "I am trained in this." He also called the case a "tragic accident" and a "horrible situation." But also said he continues to perform circumcisions.