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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jun 27, 20191 min read
Foreskin at The Forefront
The anti-circumcision movement has truly arrived in Israel. The Zehut party came under fire last week when Moshe Feiglin would not...
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jun 11, 20191 min read
The All Night Bris
My trip to Saint Petersburg actually began in Sde Boker. My family and I were spending Shabbat there just prior to the red eye I was taking
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Apr 16, 20191 min read
A Pocket Full of Miracles
This past Friday was a first for me. I’ve had two Britot in one day before, but since then, I’ve begun officiating weddings here in...
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Mar 25, 20191 min read
Brit Milah is Under Attack
Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang brought the anti-circumcision attack to America this week. As reported by the Daily Beast, Yang
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Feb 28, 20191 min read
From Royals to Mohels
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Not on Your Life
I’ve lost a few Britot in my career and I couldn’t be prouder of it. There have been times when parents have asked me to be their mohel and
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Feb 3, 20191 min read
The Serbian Connection
My journey to Belgrade began a few weeks ago when I was in the states for my nephew’s Bris. While in Philadelphia, I missed a call from
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jan 16, 20191 min read
The Most Important Bris of My Life
“This is the most important Bris of your career” remarked my sister just before I performed her son’s Brit Milah three weeks ago. I...
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Nov 21, 20181 min read
Cutting it Close
I too was once trapped on an El Al flight, only in my case it was my own fault. It all began a few months prior to the flight when two
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Oct 7, 20181 min read
An Unconventional Covenant
News flash: progressives and the covenant are at odds with each other. That’s right, Israel’s traditionalists are not submitting to the West
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jul 23, 20181 min read
The 24-Hour Bris
Europe is so different from Israel. Beyond the fact that the region I visited only had two hours of dark each night in the summer, there are
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jul 8, 20181 min read
Following Tradition to a Fault
Another baby almost died as a result of his Brit Milah. The article in Yeshiva World News recently reported: "‘Three days following the bris
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jun 17, 20181 min read
'Thank You' Doesn't See Enough
Iceland nearly banned circumcision this year. It all began last February when MP Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir of the Progressive party proposed
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Rav Hayim Leiter
May 29, 20181 min read
Half Off on Circumcisions
Philip Veerman gives only half the story in his recent blog post, ‘Law proposal in Iceland heats up Children’s rights debate on circumcision
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Rav Hayim Leiter
May 26, 20181 min read
A Mohel Reflects: Blood on All Our Hands
Last week, a baby almost died as a result of his brit mila. As one news report described, just after the brit ended in Kfar Yona, the parent
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Rav Hayim Leiter
May 1, 20181 min read
Should We Stay or Should We Go
The Jews of Iceland should get out now. I posed this as a question on Facebook last week when the Icelandic legislation to ban circumcision
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Apr 11, 20181 min read
The Silent Bris
The anticipation of a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) brit is caught up with the stress of balancing the somber time of the Tz’firah
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Apr 9, 20181 min read
The Mother of All Lies
The newest voice in the anti-circumcision movement comes from a very unlikely place. A 29-year-old mother from Nottingham is seeking legal
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Feb 26, 20181 min read
Ban Together
European Jewry is in serious trouble. For those of you who don’t get Google Alerts on circumcision, let me bring you up to speed.
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Feb 1, 20181 min read
In Your Blood, Live
Rabbi Raziel Shevach was brutally gunned down two weeks ago while driving near his home in Havat Gilad. The terrorist behind the crime died
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