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Was moses circumcised? If yes, by whom?
The Talmud in Tractate Sotah tells us that Moses was born circumcised, which is rare but not without precedence.
Well, it does seem surprising, but it’s really a medical or biological question. Some baby boys are born without a foreskin. That’s a verifiable fact. How? I don’t know what the geneticists would say, but we would say it is a sign of great potential for righteousness.
That’s interesting some baby boys are born without foreskin, where can I get some medical facts on this?
We are told of a select group of biblical personalities who were born in this “completed” fashion. Adam, the first man, was one, as was Moshe (Moses). Besides these, there are a certain small percentage of babies born without part of their foreskin, which lends to the possibility that a rare child could be born without any foreskin. In such cases for Jews ritual circumcisions, likely a simpler procedure, would still be required.
I’m not sure where to send you for a medical treatise on this.