[Avodah] Leading Charedi Posek Says metzitza' Should Not Be

[hankman]

The quote from RSK:

Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzky, the rosh yeshiva and 
co-founder of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia said that to the 
best of his knowledge, metzitza is done using a sterile pipette, in 
order to prevent any contact between the Mohel's mouth and the wound.

When asked if there were those who believe that metzitza cannot be 
performed using a tube, R' Kaminetzky stating unequivocally, "Nobody 
holds likes that" and expressed disbelief when told that there are 
rabbis who insist that metzitza must be done by mouth saying, "I 
don't think there is any response to them."

CM notes:

I think that when RSK states ‘unequivocally, "Nobody holds likes that"’ he means even leshitasam if they hold that metzitza is a part of the mitsva, (and not just meshum sakana as per the gemara)  even then they have no mekor that the metzitza must be bepeh. This is pretty much what I had posted in the thread on metzitza on Areivim on 3/20/2012 but got grief for at that time. I am still not clear how RSK can say there are no cholkim – clearly there are those who differ.

Kol Tuv

Chaim Manaster
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