Mohel oder Arzt

    • "There is no way of knowing the number of “mistakes” and poor outcomes attributable to circumcisions performed by nonphysician mohalim, so there may be many more than we know. They simply are never reported.

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      The rabbi has nothing to support his contention that brit milah by a nonphysician mohel is inherently safer than a newborn circumcision conducted by a physician and may at times be riskier, especially if a nonphysician mohel performs mitzizah with his mouth or there seems to be a serious medical complication. Where is the proof of this? Where are the statistics?

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      What about complications? Is a nonphysician mohel better suited to contend with medical complications than a physician? I think not."
      "Man muss diese versteinerten Verhältnisse dadurch zum Tanzen zwingen, dass man ihnen ihre eigne Melodie vorsingt!" K.M.