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At birth, the [[foreskin]] is adhered to the [[glans]] by a [[synechia]] like a nail to a finger. ''[[Periah| Peri'ah]]'' (a Hebrew word that means "opening") is a second stage that was later added to the original milah procedure, which involves ripping the adhering mucous membrane from the glans, and removing [[foreskin ]] as far as the base of the [[glans]] (AKA the corona) so that it is completely and permanently exposed. <ref>{{REFbook

|quote=For obvious reasons this was anathema to the rabbis: tantamount to rejection of [[Judaism ]] and defiance of rabbinic authority.

|quote=Foreskin stretching (called "uncircumcision," or [[epispasm]]) appears to have been a common practice among Hellenized Jewish men...