Blood is carefully removed from meat before eating and menstruating women refrain from sex for seven days. These two instances are examples of blood, representing life, being separated from instances of death, or the loss of a potential life. In Circumcision, no such separation is necessary as the ritual is wholly engaged in life. In Orthodox Judaism, the ability to interpret the Torah is only available if a person is circumcised. It can be argued that the foundation of power in Judaism is in being male, as there is no such thing as a non-circumcised male.
Circumcision is a prerequisite of being a Jewish man.
However, the power of circumcision can not be denied. For a Jewish man, the rite of circumcision is perhaps second only in importance to birth. Men are not born into Judaism, they are circumcised into it. Click on image to enlarge. T he tools of a Mohel have changed little over several centuries.