Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 266:13
מתקיף לה רב אשי גדול בהדיא כתיב ביה (בראשית יז, יד) וערל זכר אשר לא ימול אלא אמר רב אשי לעולם אומן וכגון דאתא בין השמשות דשבת ואמרו ליה לא מספקת ואמר להו מספקינא ועבד ולא איסתפק ואישתכח דחבורה הוא דעבד וענוש כרת:
Our Rabbis taught: The membrum must be trimmed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the shreds which invalidate the circumcision must be removed; this appears to be the interpretation of Rashi and R. Han. Jast.: (One may) trim the preputium by splitting and drawing it upwards so as to form a pouch around the denuded cone. v. R. Han. second interpretation. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> and if one does not trim it, he is punished with <i>kareth</i>. Who? R. Kahana said: The surgeon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because he violated the Sabbath without completely fulfilling the precept. On this interpretation the reference is to the Sabbath. ');"><sup>25</sup></span>
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