What is ‘Metzitza’? Is it controversial?
Metzitza is an ancient part of the Brit Milah process, conceived at a time before modern medicine, involving drawing blood away from the wounded area. There are different views about the reasons for this: some regard it as having been introduced to guard against infection, others that is is useful in instances where there are anatomical anomalies. By convention in the UK it is performed using a sterile pipette and is not considered controversial.