this is pretty bad. can you imagine finding out that your mohel was no good so your mila is invalid and you have to do it again? Bad enough at 8 days, can you imagine having to redo it at 20 or 30 or 50 years old???
According to this report, a mohel from Russia, in the Saratov region, was invalidated by the Vaad Harabonim of the area due to it having been discovered that in 1991 he went to a festival in Zitomar in the Ukraine and at the festival ate pork. The rabbonim decided that this mohel was unreliable and unfaithful. He kept his secret hidden for 6 years until it became known, but in the meantime had circumcised 150 Jewish babies.
1997 is more than 20 years ago, so I dont know why they are only deciding this now, but still, can you imagine being told you have to redo your bris at age 25? Hopefully the rabbonim will only require the extraction of a drop of blood rather than some more invasive medical procedure..
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Since when does eating pork invalidate a Bris? Is there a Mohel alive who has never done an Aveirah, or done one and not publicized it?
ReplyDeleteYou are 100% correct. It is generally accepted le'halacha that even a mumar that is mechallel Shabbos, or a meshumad, his bris is kosher bedieved and does not require any new hatafas dam. If it's not required, it's assur, as pointed out by Rav Wosner in Shevet Halevi V:146. Of course, you can't trust his care, so one ought to have the bris examined for kashrus. Which is not as surprising as you might think. I have a friend, a famous mohel, who when he went to the mikva in Satmer, other people would hustle out of there, because he was known to have told people that they needed a little fixing.
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