Metzitza

Tension in the Hareidi community of New York. The city's health committee is about to decide tomorrow regarding the prohibition of the custom of "sucking blood by mouth" at a Bris Milah. Thousands will participate today in prayer and beseech gatherings in shulls and Torah institutions in the city. The Satmer brothers are joining forces for a relentless struggle against the prohibition

Following the instruction of the ministry of health in New York to refrain from doing 'Metzitza" by mouth at a Bris Milah, a medical committee suggests: to have parents sign a document in which the dangers involved will be detailed.