mohel
noun[C]
uk/ˈməʊ.əl/us/ˈmoʊ.əl/pluralmohelimsomeone who istrainedtoperformaJewishcircumcision(= theactofcuttingtheprotectinglooseskinoff a boy'spenis), usually in atraditionalceremony:
ManyJewishparentsholda bris in thehome, where thecuttingis done by atrainedpersoncalled a mohel.
There were plenty of mohelim inTelAviv.
- Thepersonwhocircumcisedoursonwas adoctor, not a mohel.
- The mohelperformsacircumcisionriteeightdaysafter thebirthof ababyboyas asignof thecovenantbetweenGodand theJews.
- She waslookingfor a mohel toperformadoublebris, or briot, for hertwinsons.
Judaism
- bar mitzvah
- bat mitzvah
- cantor
- Chanukah
- Halakha
- Hanukkah
- Jew
- Jewish
- Jewishness
- messiah
- Orthodox Judaism
- paschal
- Passover
- Pentecost
- synagogue
- Talmudic
- the ark
- the Talmud
- the Torah
- unkosher