Mohel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who performs circumcision on a Jewish male as a religious rite.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A circumciser; the officiating rabbi who is specially qualified to perform the operation of circumcision.
  • Word Usage
    "And all the family and many close friends were there to witness it: grandparents on both sides, relatives, friends -- everyone was there to watch the rabbi, a certified surgeon, called the mohel, perform the cut, the holy cut, while saying prayers in a ritual tracing back five millennia to that day Abraham made his covenant with the one and only God."
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