now that i am completely blocked you do not even respect the rule of the three publications of this particular piece i suggest the following shortened redaction for the main page article circumcision quote from encyclopaedia judaica jerusalem keter publishers limited in the clerical leaders of the reform movement in frankfort sought to abolish circumcision among their adherents the controversy concerning its necessity in judaism lasted years and eventually spread to america they based their objections to circumcision on five reasons among which two directly refer to the ten commandments it was commanded to abraham and not to moses it is only mentioned only once in the mosaic law it is not repeated in deuteronomy all their reasons were answered by orthodox rabbinical authorities to counter this agitation leopold zunz wrote his essay on circumcision gutachten ueber did beschneidung frankfort today most reform jews have their children circumcised it is however often done by a surgeon with a rabbi in attendance to say the prayers or without any ceremony at all see discussion for more information