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Originally Posted by ila
As I pointed out in a previous post, in this thread, circumcision is not a blood sacrifice. A statement like that goes beyond the pale. There maybe a drop or two of blood come from the operation, but the intent is certainly not to spill blood.
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Well, the Jewish law disagrees, if a boy is born with no foreskin, a condition called aposthia, then a drop of blood must be drawn from the penis, so yups spilling of blood is the intention.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aposthi...hia_in_Judaism
http://www.torah.org/advanced/shulch...chapter20.html
http://sadtrombone.com/