Part One – Life | 14 modern age decisors such as r . Ovadiah Yosef ( Halichot Olam Vol . 6, p . 221 ) , though there are some who are more lenient, arguing that a woman who does so has halakhic precedents on which to base her actions . 1 thus, Ramban to Leviticus 11 seems to be of the opinion that it is completely permitted, and so he writes also in his commentary to Ketubot 60 a . there exists, however, yet another custom found mainly in ashkenazi sources ( Isaiah Horrovitz, Shnei Luhot ha - Brit ] Shlah [ , ed . Princ . amsterdam Masechet Hullin [ , thence to Sefer Zechirah, by r . Zechariah ] 1136 1698, Simner, ed . S . aba Shaul, Jerusalem 2009 pp . 150, 386, cf . ibid . p . 361 ) that one “takes the foreskin of an infant and places it in the mouth of a newborn child, and it is effective in preventing him from becoming epileptic, and the sign thereof is ‘thou shalt keep my covenant’ ( Gen . 17 : 9 ) . ” this passage appears in the section on circumcision, so clearly we are speaking...
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