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Using nail: [1] The Peria is to be performed by the Mohel using his nail [and not by the use of scissors or any other utensil[2]]. [The Mohel uses two of his nail to cut the thin membrane covering the Atara glans until the skin of the glans becomes visible. This is done by entering the nails in between the membrane and glans. There are various methods of how this tearing of the membrane skin is to take place using the nails and as to the order of entering the nails.]
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[1] Michaber ibid
[2] Bnei Tziyon 88 that performing it with one’s nails is a tradition from our forefathers which goes all the way back to Moshe, and is similar to the tradition of the identity of the four species used on Sukkos; See Pesakim Uteshuvos 264:13