Teshuvos Mi'maamakim #42 - Anaesthetizing a 10 year old prior to his Bris (v2 n. 15)

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July 19 2018
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Venue: Tifereth Israel (Passaic, NJ) Tifereth Israel (Passaic, NJ)

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Collections: R' Aaron Cohen Teshuvos Mi'maamakim

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Following the war, Rav Oshry and others invested extraordinary efforts to track down Jewish children who had been entrusted by their parents with non-Jews in order to save them from the inferno that engulfed European Jewry. Many of the boys that they recovered had not undergone a Bris Milah, as their parents were afraid that it would indicate their Jewishness. One ten year old boy was adamant that he would not undergo a Bris unless he was given a general anesthetic that would prevent from experiencing pain during the Bris. Is it permissible to anaesthetize someone undergoing a Bris under such circumstances?

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