Thread: Shaving and Orthodox Judaism story

Originally Posted by Chimensch

Other than my own, I've only attended one circumcision and I really couldn't stand to look too closely but I thought it was a surgeon's scalpel.

Wouldn't that go against the double, or two blades law?

Originally Posted by JMS

Wouldn't that go against the double, or two blades law?

No, one doesn't have anything to do with other. The bible says don't shave your face. The Talmud interprets this and says that it means don't scrape your face with a knife. From this, the conservative movement said a knife is not OK but scissors are OK, hence, you can't use a straight razor but you can use an electric shaver.

Circumcision, which is cutting off the foreskin, has nothing to do with shaving.