[Avodah] Leading Charedi Posek Says metzitza' Should Not

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Mon Apr 16 14:21:25 PDT 2012


On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 04:06:32PM -0400, Beth & David Cohen wrote:
: Both R Micha and R. Zev provided arguments that metzitza is integral to the
: performance of brit milah. But nothing either has written indicates that
: metzitza b'peh is the only mandated method to accomplish metztitza...

If metzitzah is part of the mitzvah, then one would have to conclude
that at Giv'at haAralos, the generation led by Yehoshua did metzitzah
bepeh. As did the returnees with Ezra. Three millennia of metzitzah,
no indication of ever doing anything but bepeh.

It's up to us to prove that other forms of metzitzah are valid, not the
other way around.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha



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