Part II | The issue of pain during circumcision

As far as pain is concerned, Jewish law does not permit the use of a Gomco clamp or the like -- tools used in most hospitals – being that it is too traumatic, as it crushes all of the flesh and veins in the area. A mohel, on the other hand, uses much simpler instruments – some using no other tool than the knife used for the actual cutting of the skin! The mohel’s method is the least painful and the most skillful as it is done with an extremely sharp knife and takes less than half a minute to complete.

According to kabbalah, the few drops of blood that are discharged during the brit, remove any remaining impurities and completes the task of removing the negative energy to its maximum.

It is interesting to note that Crown Prince Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth and heir to the British throne, was circumcised by a mohel, rather than by a doctor. Apparently, the Royal Family had asked for a mohel, trusting his expertise over that of the Royal physician.

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