Mohel great amount of unnecessary pain to the newborn, cutting off the blood flow completely, which according to Jewish law is dangerous to the child and strictly forbidden, and also renders the "orlah" (foreskin) as cut prior to the proper ritual cut. Under Jewish law, a mohel must draw blood from the circumcision wound. Most mohels do it by hand with a suction device, but some Orthodox groups use their mouth to draw blood after cutting the foreskin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning in 2012 about the health implications of this practice, citing 11 cases of
Practice What You Preach the direction of metal producer Alex Perialas." "Practice What You Preach" entered the "Billboard" 200 album charts a month after its release, peaking at number 77 and would remain on the chart for twelve weeks. Testament toured for less than a year to promote "Practice What You Preach". They embarked on a one-month U.S. tour in October 1989 with Annihilator and Wrathchild America (who had just released their respective debut albums "Alice in Hell" and "Climbin' the Walls"), and played two shows in California with Nuclear Assault and Voivod in December. The second leg of the "Practice What You Preach"