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DAM BRIS - IMPORTANT WORK ON LAWS OF MILAH AND THE PRACTICE OF METZITZAH, BY RABBI ALEXANDER TERTIS, MOHEL IN ...

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DAM BRIS - IMPORTANT WORK ON LAWS OF MILAH AND THE PRACTICE OF METZITZAH, BY RABBI ALEXANDER TERTIS, MOHEL IN LONDON.
London 1901 .

Following a number of tragic infant deaths shortly after circumcision in London around 1900 resulted in an investigation and in the development by local Mohel Alexander Tertis of a suction tube for the practice of Metzitza. A full discussion of this subject with numerous letters of support from contemporary rabbis, as well as an account of the controversy surrounding it, is included in this book.

[6], 76 pp. 21.5x27.5 cm. Excellent condition. Original wrappers.