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[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't forget the rabbi sucks the blood off the penis with his mouth! I think it's only certain ones, not all, but fuck me it's disgusting and cruel .

https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/safe-bris.page

[-] TheColonel@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago

That’s an orthodox Jewish thing, actually. Circumcision still happens in the US, and for Christians but it’s usually done at the hospital.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Correct. I couldn't think of the name, but generally in the hospital and they just ask at birth.

[-] TheColonel@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cool cool, yeah.

And just to be 100% clear here, the blood sucking thing–to my understanding–is not even close to a common practice among Jewish folks. We’re talking only orthodox and possibly even only ultra-orthodox.

Oh, and you might have been looking for the word “rabbi”.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, and you might have been looking for the word “rabbi”.

It's actually "mohel", but I'd assume (without any reason) that all or most mohels are rabbis I guess, but there's also mohelets, female mohels, and those probably aren't rabbis so. Some overlap probably between "mohel" and "rabbi", but different things.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, ive been up too long, can't think straight

[-] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Religious people often are. Dogma trumps reason.

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