Brit Milah and Anesthesia

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April 10 2016
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5min 45s
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Series: YU Student Medical Ethics Society

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

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Collections: MES in 5

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Can anesthesia be used when performing brit milah on grown adults? Is it possible that pain is integral to the mitzvah, having been a part of the milah process for thousands of years? Find out more about this halakhic debate from Menachem Seleski in this week's MES in 5!

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