[Avodah] Leading Charedi Posek Says metzitza' Should Not

[Beth & David Cohen]

"This is a case where the Chassidim are the ones NOT changing. They are
doing what the gemara, the rishonim, the Maharil did, and Yekkes and
Litvaks are the ones who are doing something new.
Chassidim aren't doing the "going", we are. And how to mechadeshim have
the right to force others to accept their pesaq?"
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Are you saying that metzitza b'peh is a halachic imperative, i.e. that the
milah is not kosher without it?
Or is this a l'chatchila, and wouldn't sakanot nefashot take precedence?

Citing halachic authorities centuries old is of no moment if those poskim
were operating under the mistaken impression that metzitza was actually a
benefit in the healing process. That is, unless you can show that the p'sak
of the requirement of metzitza was operative irregardless of any the
supposed health benefits.

David I. Cohen
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