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The incident detailed in the lawsuit happened at the [https://www.treeoflifepgh.org/ Tree of Life Synagogue] in Squirrel Hill in 2013.
The [[Brit Milah| Jewish circumcision ceremony ]] was performed by Pittsburgh Rabbi Mordechai Rosenberg — who is also a [[mohel]].
Sometime during the bris, according to the lawsuit, Rosenberg severed the baby boy's penis.
The baby was rushed to [https://www.chp.edu/ Children's Hospital], where doctors performed emergency microsurgery.
"If your finger, your thumb was cut off and was put back on, that is pretty exciting," said renowned UPMC plastic surgeon Dr. Joe Losee. Dr. Losee was not involved in the boy's treatment and he can't talk specifics.
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* [[Brit Milah]]
* {{REFjournal |last=Llewellyn |first=David J. |init=DJ |author-link=David J. Llewellyn |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/USA/llewellyn/ |title=Legal Remedies for Penile Torts |journal=The Compleat Mother |date=1995 |volume=40 (Winter) |page=16 |accessdate=2022-10-12}}
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