The mohel accused of infecting three male infants with herpes after performing the obscure circumcision ritual of metzizah b’peh is NOT a carrier of the herpes virus, according to the esteemed Rabbi Yonah Bookstein of Beachhillel.com, and therefore could not have passed on the disease to the babies. Rabbi Yonah writes in an e-mail received yesterday that his colleague, Rabbi Yitzchok Fischer, was tested while under investigation by the DA and given the clean bill of health, but as of yet no media outlets (save our humble operation) have picked up the story. According to Rabbi Yonah, the mohel‘s professional and personal life has been nearly destroyed by the claims that he carries the virus responsible for killing one of the infants and will obviously have a difficult time setting the record straight after such sensational attention.
Says Rabbi Yonah: I have known Rabbi Fischer since 1993. He is one of the most careful, and hygienic mohelim I have ever seen in my life. I trusted him with my son
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You can always count on Rabbi’s to stick together. You cant post anything about one of em without someone speaking up, talk about being organized.
Rabbi Yonah’s word is good enough for me. I was really reluctant to believe this story at first…although finding out what metzitzah b’peh is is more than a little disturbing. Just when I think I knew too much about circumcisions, here comes another detail…
I’m stunned by the whole story. Could it have been from unwashed instruments? Seems like too much to pass off as coincidence if 3 children got it from the same mohel. And maybe it means that this whole metzizah b’peh thing is just plain wrong.