"The centuries-old practice, called metzizah bi peh or metzitzah b'peh, involves a mohel using his mouth to suction blood from the wound after the foreskin is removed. The ritual is performed by Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox Jews."
ok, so the rabbi sucks the blood off the newborn's newly disfigured penis?
jewish readers, please educate me.
edit: link http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...=/20060621/NEWS03/606210352/1197/RSS01
ok, so the rabbi sucks the blood off the newborn's newly disfigured penis?
jewish readers, please educate me.
edit: link http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...=/20060621/NEWS03/606210352/1197/RSS01