Fourth New York Jewish baby this year treated for herpes after controversial Orthodox circumcision method

• The baby was born in November and showed signs of herpes infection on the penis shortly after being circumcised but has since recovered
• The method of circumcision in question ends with the man performing the ceremony, a mohel, sucking blood from the baby's foreskin
• This is the 17th recorded case of herpes in babies from a circumcision since 2000
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  Circumcision: A fourth baby (not pictured) has contracted herpes in New York this year following a controversial circumcision called metzizah b'peh
  
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