When do Jewish boys get circumcised?

Answer 1

In the Jewish religious tradition it is done at eight days of age. Muslims can do it anytime before puberty, and the elective non religious circumcisions which are still popular in the US are performed within the first two days of being born. However regardless of the reason there are no medical reasons for this procedure, other than the prevention of cancer, the prevention of urinary tract infection, and the hindrance of AIDS.

• Professors Cochen and McCurdy state that the incidence of penile cancer in the U.S. is "essentially zero" among circumcised men.
• Studies at Johns Hopkins University Medical School in Baltimore have concluded that circumcised men are six to eight times less likely to become infected with HIV (Reuters, March 25, 2004).
• Circumcised boys are also 10 to 39 times less likely to develop urinary tract infections during infancy than uncircumcised boys. As a result of studies like these, a number of prestigious medical organizations such as the California Medical Association have recognized the benefits of circumcision.

Answer 2

The majority of circumcising today is derived from the Judaic religion. and if you are a Jew you are generally circumcises on the 8th day of your life, If you are a Muslim that believes in doing this it does not matter when it is done however many are done as a sort of right of passage from boyhood into manhood during the beginning of puberty. There are other cultures throughout the world that use circumcision as a part of their religion or as a part of passage to man hood. less then 15% of the men of the world are circumcised.

Answer 3

My sons was done at the hospital when he was 1 day old. At least he was young enough not to remember it

Pain, Trauma, Sexual, and Psychological Effects of CircumcisionInfant male circumcision continues despite growing questions about its medical justification. As usually performed without analgesia or anaesthetic, circumcision is observably painful. It is likely that genital cutting has physical, sexual and psychological consequences, too. Some studies link involuntary male circumcision with a range of negative emotions and even post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some circumcised men have described their current feelings in the language of violation, torture, mutilation and sexual assault. In view of the acute as well as long-term risks from circumcision and the legal liabilities that might arise, it is timely for health professionals and scientists to re-examine the evidence on this issue and participate in the debate about the advisability of this surgical procedure on unconsenting minors. Boyle G. et al., "Male Circumcision: Pain, Trauma and Psychosexual Sequelae," Journal of Health Psychology (2002): 329-343.Circumcision Results in Significant Loss of Erogenous TissueA report published in the British Journal of Urology assessed the type and amount of tissue missing from the adult circumcised penis by examining adult foreskins obtained at autopsy. Investigators found that circumcision removes about one-half of the erogenous tissue on the penile shaft. The foreskin, according to the study, protects the head of the penis and is comprised of unique zones with several kinds of specialized nerves that are important to optimum sexual sensitivity. Taylor, J. et al., "The Prepuce: Specialized Mucosa of the Penis and Its Loss to Circumcision," BJU 77 (1996): 291-295.Circumcision Affects Sexual BehaviorA study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that circumcision provided no significant prophylactic benefit and that circumcised men were more likely to engage in various sexual practices. Specifically, circumcised men were significantly more likely to masturbate and to participate in heterosexual oral sex than uncircumcised men. Laumann, E. et al., "Circumcision in the U.S.: Prevalence, Prophylactic Effects, and Sexual Practice," JAMA 277 (1997): 1052-1057.

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Answer 4

It depends on the religion. Jewish males are circumcised aged 8 days but Muslims favour circumcision around the age of seven, but always before age 10. As a non-religious practice, this can be done from when they're a few days old up to around the age of 13; it is rare for this type of mutilation to occur past adolescence.

Answer 5

A boy should never be circumcised. No medical school or organisation recommends circumcision as beneficial to health. however this form of adjustment to the male or for that mater female genitalia can be done at any age. It should be kept in mind however if it is done to a boy or to a girl then it is in fact assault as children should be protected from harm. It can definitely be shown that circumcision is a harmful procedure. No doubt adults should be free to do to themselves what pleases them whatever their reason. however no adult has the right to cause a child to lose any part of it's anatomy, it is that persons responsibility to protect the child from harm.

Answer 6

Traditionally and if the parents decide to have their son circumcised on the 8th day of their lives unless there are health problems that preclude this. There are an increasing number of Jewish parents choosing not to genital mutilate their children though in answer to the harm it does.

Answer 7

In Judaism: on the eighth day after the boy is born.

The origin of Jewish circumcision is in the Torah, which is the foundation of Judaism. God told Abraham "every male among you shall be circumcised" as part of the covenant between God and the Jewish people (Genesis ch.17).

Link: About Abraham

Since that time, virtually all Jews have observed the command of circumcision for close to four millennia, even in times of religious persecution under the Greeks, Romans, Spaniards, and Soviets. Circumcision is the indelible sign of God's covenant and is just as important as Yom Kippur in terms of the stringency which the Torah places upon it. And similar to Yom Kippur, it is one of the observances which are common to Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jews alike.
It may be noted that while we do not keep God's commands because of physical benefits, it is still interesting that circumcision has been known to offer virtually complete protection from penile cancer. According to a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, none of the more than 1,600 persons studied with this cancer had been circumcised in infancy. In the words of researchers Cochen and McCurdy, the incidence of penile cancer in the U.S. is "essentially zero" among circumcised men.

Also, research at Johns Hopkins University Medical School in Baltimore have shown that circumcised men are six to eight times less likely to become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Researchers believe that protection is due to the removal of the foreskin, which contains cells that have HIV receptors which scientists suspect are the primary entry point for the HIV virus (Reuters, March 25, 2004).

Several studies reported that circumcised boys were between 10 to 39 times less likely to develop urinary tract infections during infancy than uncircumcised boys. In addition, circumcision protects against bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections and a variety of other conditions related to hygiene.

The extremely low rate of Cervical cancer in Jewish women (9 to 22 times less than among non-Jewish women) is thought to be related to their husbands' being circumcised. As a result of studies like these, a number of prestigious medical organizations such as the California Medical Association have recognized the benefits of circumcision.

As an operation, circumcision has an extremely small complication rate. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine (1990) reported a complication rate of 0.19 percent when circumcision is performed by a physician. When performed by a trained mohel, the rate falls to 0.13 percent or about 1 in 800. When a complication occurs, it is usually due to the bleeding, which is easily correctable. No other surgical procedure can boast such figures for complication-free operations.
One reason why there are so few complications involving bleeding may be that the major clotting agents, prothrombin and vitamin K, do not reach peak levels in the blood until the eighth day after a baby is born. Prothrombin levels are normal at birth, drop to a lower level in the next few days, and return to normal at the end of the first week. One study showed that by the eighth day, prothrombin levels reach 110 percent of normal. In the words of Dr. Armand J. Quick, author of several works on the control of bleeding, "It hardly seems accidental that the rite of circumcision was postponed until the eighth day by the Mosaic law."See also the other Related Links.

Link: About Jewish circumcision

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Answer 8

A baby should never be circumcised. There are no medical grounds for doing so and doing so will always cause irreparable damage to the overall function of the penis.

Answer 9

If there is a severe medical condition.

Answer 10

The circumcision is done at 8 days.