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Holy Zeus, I can't believe he wrote this
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 301971" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Actually, teen or adult converts do not have to undergo a full circumcision (it's a physically rough surgery on an adult)</p><p></p><p>All that is done on an older boy/man is a ritual nicking of the foreskin. Just enough to draw a drop of blood.</p><p></p><p>I know this because my grandfather (a hundred years old!) is not only a rabbi, but in his younger days was also a "mohel" or ritual circumciser.</p><p></p><p>People get confused because so many different cultures practice circumcision as a "rite of passage" into adulthood.</p><p></p><p>Modern day mohels in the western world also request that bleeding times be checked. A child with any kind of bleeding disorder is exempt from the ritual.</p><p></p><p>I am still not really in favor of the act. husband was done the old fashioned way and needed surgery in his very late teens to correct scarring. His recovery was quite painful and he took a long time to heal up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 301971, member: 1963"] Actually, teen or adult converts do not have to undergo a full circumcision (it's a physically rough surgery on an adult) All that is done on an older boy/man is a ritual nicking of the foreskin. Just enough to draw a drop of blood. I know this because my grandfather (a hundred years old!) is not only a rabbi, but in his younger days was also a "mohel" or ritual circumciser. People get confused because so many different cultures practice circumcision as a "rite of passage" into adulthood. Modern day mohels in the western world also request that bleeding times be checked. A child with any kind of bleeding disorder is exempt from the ritual. I am still not really in favor of the act. husband was done the old fashioned way and needed surgery in his very late teens to correct scarring. His recovery was quite painful and he took a long time to heal up. [/QUOTE]
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