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

[Prof. Levine]

At 03:25 PM 3/28/2012, Micha Berger wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 03:05:45PM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote:
> > From http://tinyurl.com/cy3o66m
> >
> > Philadelphia, PA - With several recent cases of neonatal herpes putting
> > the custom of metzitza b'peh back in the proverbial spotlight as
>...
>
>What's relevent is that RSK is a Litvak.
>No news here. R' Chaim Brisker did the same over a century ago.
And RSRH before him in the nineteenth century.  However, if you read 
the entire article,  you will see

R' David Niederman, executive director and president of the United 
Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, insisted that the September 
death of an infant was completely unrelated to metzitza b'peh, 
telling The Jewish Week that the custom has never caused either death 
or an infection.

"We will continue to make metzitzah b'peh," said R' Niederman.

Yet another instance in which Chassidus goes it own way.  YL

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