Language:
French
Year of publication:
1995
Titel der Quelle:
Archives Juives
Angaben zur Quelle:
28,2 (1995) 36-48
Keywords:
Consistoire israélite de Paris
;
Jews History 19th century
;
Jewish law History
;
Berit milah Health aspects
;
Berit milah Customs and practices
Abstract:
In 1845 the Consistoire in Paris, which supervised the mohelim (Jewish practitioners of circumcision) throughout France, banned the practice of "metzitza be-peh" (sucking on the wound to draw blood) and called in police enforcement for recalcitrant mohelim. A debate on this procedure arose throughout the Orthodox Jewish communities in Europe and the United States. Some rabbis said the sucking caused infection, whereas others said it was required in order to heal the wound. A rabbinic ruling said that a sponge may be used to extract a bit of blood from the wound. In 1887, a metzitza tube was invented by a rabbi in Fulda. Some rabbis and mohelim agreed to use it but others did not. This conflict is still an issue up to the present day.
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