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mohel
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈməʊ.əl/ us /ˈmɔɪ.əl/pluralmohelim
someone who is trained to perform a Jewish circumcision(= the act of cutting the protecting loose skin off a boy's penis), usually in a traditional ceremony: （犹太教的）割礼执行者
Many Jewish parents hold a bris in the home, where the cutting is done by a trained person called a mohel.许多犹太父母在家中举行割礼，由受过专门训练的人（也称‘割礼执行者’）来完成割礼。
There were plenty of mohelim in Tel Aviv.
The person who circumcised our son was a doctor, not a mohel.
The mohel performs a circumcision rite eight days after the birth of a baby boy as a sign of the covenant between God and the Jews.
She was looking for a mohel to perform a double bris, or briot, for her twin sons.
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