Rabbi probed for circumcised infants' herpes
Baby died from disease after undergoing procedure
City health officials are investigating the death of a baby boy who was one of three infants to contract herpes after a rabbi circumcised them.
Ten days after Rabbi Yitzhok Fischer performed religious circumcisions on twins last October, one died of herpes and the other tested positive for the virus, according to a complaint filed by the health department in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The complaint, reported in Wednesday’s edition of the New York Daily News, also said health officials later found a third baby who had contracted herpes after being circumcised by Fischer in late 2003.
Under Jewish law, a mohel — someone who performs circumcisions — draws blood from the circumcision wound. Most mohels do it by hand with a suction device, but Fischer uses a practice rare outside strict Orthodox groups where he uses his mouth to draw blood after cutting the foreskin.
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2007-11-04 09:06:34 · 7 answers · asked by Ramziyah 1 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Israel
No this is not normal behaviour, and as the article itself states, is a rare occurence. Most mohel's use a suction device and don't come into any direct contact with the child. In case you are curious, most also wear latex gloves and sterilize their equipment beforehand. In most communities it is a very precise and surgical operation, though I suppose in more ultra-Orthodox communities they stick more to tradition, allowing for what you describe to happen.
2007-11-04 22:54:35 · answer #1 · answered by Michael J 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is a particularly disgusting religious ritual that shouldn't be legal.
2007-11-04 20:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Anybody that slices healthy tissue from some one else's genitals is a sicko anyway, so after that anything goes.
The primitive desert tribes used to "sacrifice" the entire baby (first born to ensure "many more") so this is somewhat of an improvement for them.
2007-11-04 18:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by cut50yearsago 6 · 5⤊ 6⤋
I don't think it is. Especially these days.
2007-11-04 11:42:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ew! Their mouth?? That's gross!
2007-11-04 09:33:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
I think I'm going to be sick!
2007-11-04 11:22:34 · answer #6 · answered by Sassafrass 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
OMG..............i read that like an hour ago and i didnt get it, but now i do.............................
2007-11-04 12:48:27 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Lady 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋