<div>"Is there really anyone who holds that? All the sources I'm aware of<br>seem pretty clear that bediavad peri`ah is me`akev, but metzitza is not.<br>It says "mal velo para` ke'ilu lo mal", but it never says anywhere that<br>
"mal velo matzatz ke'ilu lo mal", implying that bediavad the boy is not<br>an `arel."</div>
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<div>Then this leads me back to my original question: do we have any sources that deal with balancing l'chatchila requirements with possible pikuach nefesh considerations? IOW, assuming metzitza is a l'chatchila requirement, but b'deeved the bris milah is kosher, does pikuach nefesh override the requirement? Sources??</div>
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<div>David I. Cohen</div>