Although early in his career as a Mohel, Rabbi Michael Rovinsky had already performed many brissim on New Americans, as the Russian immigrants were called back in the 80’s and 90’s. Therefore, he expected the bris scheduled for early that cold winter morning in 1990 in Dallas, Texas to be no different than all the […]
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A DEEPER LOOK AT BRIT MILAH By Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt Dallas Area Torah Association IMilah (circumcision) is one of the most unique mitzvahs in Judaism. It is a mitzvah that has endured throughout the world, in almost all Jewish families, from the most to the least observant. The milah procedure is performed when the baby
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Religious circumciser Rabbi Michael Rovinsky is skilled, funny, and popular among both his Jewish and gentile clients. But is this mohel a brazen self-promoter who is maiming our children by doing God’s work?By Jimmy Fowler Published: November 5, 1998Dallas Observer On a gray Sunday morning at the Eldorado Country Club in McKinney, Rabbi Michael Rovinsky
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With wit and banter as sharp as his izmal, Rabbi Mike Rovinsky is a circumcising machineBy Wm. StagePublished: April 17, 2002St. Louis News “He is the best rabbi when it comes to giving alcohol to minors,” quips Rabbi Mordecai Miller of Rabbi Mike Rovinsky, who has just inserted a wine-soaked gauze pad into the mouth
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Karen Kassap wept on her mother’s shoulder. Her husband, Dr. Cary Caldwell, a gastroenterologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, fidgeted as the operation began. The surgery, performed in the parlor of the couple’s West End home, was over in a matter of seconds. But then a second followed, and the drama continued. The occasion was a brit
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GO AHEAD, I dare you. Try and tell Rabbi Michael Rovinsky a circumcision joke he hasn’t heard before. “So tell me, Rabbi. How much do you charge for a brit?” “Nothing. I work for tips.” “I’ve heard all of them 1,500 times,” Rovinsky said. “But every time I hear them, I laugh anyway.” For Rovinsky,
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Meet me at Missouri Baptist Hospital at 10 a.m.,” Rabbi Michael Rovinsky instructs. “I’ll be the Jewish-looking guy.” Not that there’s any problem picking Rovinsky out of a crowd. He’s the only one in the parking lot whose license plate reads “MOHEL.” According to Jewish law, a mohel pranced moyle) is a man who performs
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