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The full reaming and ablating of the entire foreskin, known as periah, was only innovated by rabbinic decree during Hellenic times in response to the practice of some Jewish men who were trying to avoid ridicule of their fellow Greek athletes by attempting to tie and stretch their foreskins so as not to look circumcised.
Miriam Pollack: Circumcision: Identity, Gender And Power Miriam Pollack 2011
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The full reaming and ablating of the entire foreskin, known as periah, was only innovated by rabbinic decree during Hellenic times in response to the practice of some Jewish men who were trying to avoid ridicule of their fellow Greek athletes by attempting to tie and stretch their foreskins so as not to look circumcised.
Miriam Pollack: Circumcision: Identity, Gender And Power Miriam Pollack 2011
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There is no explicit Torah Commandment to do brit periah, a more radical form of circumcision we practice.
More ammunition for the (pro) circumcision wars | Jewschool 2007
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He also said that his wife felt like a periah when she came in looking for help.
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Barcelona akan melawan Manchester United untuk menentukan periah gelar juara Liga Champions pada 27 Mei.
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Barcelona akan melawan Manchester United untuk menentukan periah gelar juara Liga Champions pada 27 Mei.
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The commandment of procreation (periah u-reviah) is based on Genesis 9: 1,7, God’s commandment to the sons of Noah.
Contraception. leBeit Yoreh 2009
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