From The Depths

Circumcision by a Nonreligious Jew

July 31, 2022 Shimon Blau, MD Season 1 Episode 8
Circumcision by a Nonreligious Jew
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From The Depths
Circumcision by a Nonreligious Jew
Jul 31, 2022 Season 1 Episode 8
Shimon Blau, MD

A young man raised in an assimilated home wishes to undergo a circumcision in the Kovno ghetto. Can a nonreligious doctor perform this procedure? This is a question which applies even today with regards to many men who have had circumcisions performed by either non Jewish doctors or nonreligious mohels. Here is Rabbi Oshry's response. 

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A young man raised in an assimilated home wishes to undergo a circumcision in the Kovno ghetto. Can a nonreligious doctor perform this procedure? This is a question which applies even today with regards to many men who have had circumcisions performed by either non Jewish doctors or nonreligious mohels. Here is Rabbi Oshry's response.