History of male circumcision of the glans. Later during the Talmudic period (500–625 CE) a third step, known as "Metzitzah", began to be practiced. In this step the "mohel" would suck the blood from the circumcision wound with his mouth to remove what was believed to be bad excess blood. As it actually increases the likelihood of infections such as tuberculosis and venereal diseases, modern day mohels use a glass tube placed over the infant's penis for suction of the blood. In many Jewish ritual circumcisions this step of Metzitzah has been eliminated. First Maccabees tells us that the Seleucids forbade the practice of
Przedecz (Jewish community) population rose to 606. In other words, during these thirty years, the percentage of Jews radically increased. This occurred because Jews from the neighbouring villages moved to Przedecz. By 1921, the population was 3,040, of whom 840 were Jews. Przedecz consisted of a few streets, but it had all the components of Jewish community life: a synagogue, "Beth midrash", "mikva", Jewish schools, a yeshiva, Jewish library, Jewish cemetery, "eruv", welfare and cultural organisations. Przedecz had its own rabbi, "shochet" and "mohel". In the early days, the "shechitah" of animals took place in the butcher's backyard, and the "shechitah" of fowl