Anonymous ID: 4a73b0 Jan. 13, 2026, 6:34 p.m. No.24118654   🗄️.is 🔗kun

The process has the mohel place his mouth directly on the infant's genital wound to suck blood away from the cut. Many circumcision ceremonies no longer use metzitzah b'peh, but Haredi Jews continue to perform it. In the middle of the 19th century it was recognized that cases of syphilis, tuberculosis, and diphtheria were being transmitted between mohel and infant by this procedure. The practice also poses a risk of spreading herpes to the infant.