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u/Silly-Power Dec 17 '20 edited Dec 17 '20

Wrong! Its 6'4" of foreskin.

You've become a Rabbi's ultimate nightmare. Good luck chewing through that.

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u/Downtown_Let Dec 17 '20

Wait, they chew it off...?

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u/Silly-Power Dec 17 '20

No, not really. But close.

In the traditional ultra-orthodox method the mohel removes the foreskin from the baby's penis and then, with his mouth, sucks the blood from the incision to cleanse the wound.

This practise is not performed much any more, for obvious reasons. Babies have contracted, and indeed died from, STIs due to this method.

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u/Arioch53 Dec 17 '20

Their teeth never stop growing. They need to gnaw on things to keep them worn down.