Commentary for Yevamot 143:7

קטעי בסיפא ר' יהודה אומר לא ימול מפני שסכנה היא לו אמרו לו והלא הרבה מלו בימי בן כוזיבא והולידו בנים ובנות שנאמר (בראשית יז, יג) המול ימול אפי' מאה פעמים ואומר (בראשית יז, יד) את בריתי הפר לרבות את המשוך

— He misunderstood the final clause: R. Judah said, He<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The mashuk. ');">¹⁶</span> should not be circumcised because such an operation is dangerous in his case.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It might fatally injure him. ');">¹⁷</span> They said to him: 'Surely many were circumcised in the days of Ben Koziba<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or Bar Kokeba, the leader of the Judean revolt against Rome in 132 C.E. In the course of the persecutions that preceded the revolt, many had their prepuces forcibly drawn in order to obliterate the sign of the Abrahamic covenant, and when liberation came they were again circumcised. ');">¹⁸</span>

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