Metzitzah Explained!

By Erik Warsaw, October 15, 2026

Metzitzah Explained!

Transcript

All right, prepare to be grossed out. Metzitzah. Oh no, here we go. So in New York City, a J infant passes away from herpes and STD over a decade ago, and there was an outbreak of herpes among the infants in New York City and the J community. And how were so many babies, infants, getting STDs? Metzitzah. Here's what it is. All J boys get circumcised when they're born, right? They cut the tip off the carrot. Now, what most people don't know is that the rabbi who does this ritual, it's also a ritual that he applies oral suction to the tip of the carrot to remove the blood. I'm putting it nicely. This is on Wikipedia too. You can look this up. Even crazier, if you type in Metzitzah into a search engine and hit the images button, you'll see tons of pictures of it. Nasty. You know, they really should outlaw this practice. Definitely.