<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Mosheich Be'Orlato - was a sin of Attempted Assimilation mentioned in the Gmara. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
The question of a group rejecting Milah is one category; the individual is quite another. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">There is a general regional context - - - if a rebellious group demands Brit Milah, disallowing it can potentially at some early stage keep them in the fold. This strategic question - should we circumcise the sons of Kara'im to take an example is a region widel question. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The individual may have received "advice" that there is some pain or danger for the child; the refusal to allow Milah would than not be a "rebellious" factor. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Many times I have seen Shomeir Shabbat used as a criterion for "Jew in Good Standing" in constitutions of Shuls. has anybody seen "Areil Exclusions"? </div>
<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">David Wacholder<br><br></div>
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