Jewish Circumcision facts
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There is a infant herpes outbreak in NYC, due to the Orthodox Jewish tradition known as oral suction circumcision
Multiple Orthodox Jewish babies contracted herpes during circumcision, last year. This is due to a practice called Metzizah B'peh, where the Mohel briefly uses their mouth to suck a small amount of blood from the wound, directly after the circumcision.
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Part of the traditional Jewish circumcision ceremony involves priests putting their mouth on the wound and sucking the blood.
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Sir Patrick Stewart went through life thinking he was circumcised until his wife told him he wasn't. His doctor confirmed he wasn't replying, "Hey I'm Jewish, I know the difference."
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during traditional Jewish circumcision, priest sucks the blood off baby's penis
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11 baby boys were infected with herpes following an ultra-Orthodox Jewish circumcision ritual called Metzitzah b’peh, in which the Mohel puts his mouth directly on the babies circumcised penis and sucks away the blood. Ten babies were , two developed brain damage and two died.
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Metzitzah B'peh, a controversial Blood-Sucking Jewish Circumcision Ritual
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A Jewish ceremony where a man will perform a circumcision then suction the blood from the penis with his mouth.
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There is a ritual in some Ultra Orthodox Jewish communities called metzitzah b’peh where the mohel uses his mouth to suck blood away from the incision on an infant’s penis after a circumcision and the practice has been spreading herpes.
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The ultra orthodox Jewish ritual of the Rabbi sucking the blood from the circumcised babies penis that has spread herpes
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There is an ultra-orthodox Jewish circumcision practice called 'Oral Suction Circumcision' and it involves the Mohel using his mouth to suck away the blood from an infant's freshly circumcised penis... since 2000, 17 infants in NYC contracted herpes from an infected Mohel, of whom 2 died
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There is an ancient jewish ritual - Metzitzah B'Peh (oral suction). In this process the Mohel places his mouth directly on the circumcision wound to draw blood away from the cut.
