> *New York City is investigating the death last September of a baby who contracted herpes after a "ritual circumcision with oral suction," in an ultra-orthodox jewish ceremony known in hebrew as metzitzah b'peh.*
> *In a practice that takes place during a ceremony known as the bris, a circumcision practitioner, or mohel, removes the foreskin from the baby's penis, and with his mouth sucks the blood from the incision to cleanse the wound.*
> *The district attorney's office in Kings County Brooklyn is investigating the death of the 2-week-old baby at maimonides hospital,* ***but would not disclose the name of the mohel or whether there would be a prosecution.***
> *In a practice that takes place during a ceremony known as the bris, a circumcision practitioner, or mohel, removes the foreskin from the baby's penis, and with his mouth sucks the blood from the incision to cleanse the wound.*
> *The district attorney's office in Kings County Brooklyn is investigating the death of the 2-week-old baby at maimonides hospital,* ***but would not disclose the name of the mohel or whether there would be a prosecution.***