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mo·hel

 (mō′hĕl, -ĕl, moil)
n. pl. mo·hels also mo·hal·im (-hä-lēm′) or mo·hel·im (-hĕ-lēm′, -ĕ-)
One who performs circumcision on a Jewish male as a religious rite.

[Mishnaic Hebrew môhēl, active participle of māhal, to circumcise, from Aramaic məhal, by-form of Biblical Hebrew māl (perhaps originally "to remove the front"), perhaps from môl, in front; see ʔwl in Semitic roots.]
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mohel

(ˈmɔɛl; mɔɪl)
n
(Judaism) Judaism a man qualified to conduct circumcisions
[from Hebrew]
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Mohelim throughout the United States and abroad often call him in consultation and he strives to accommodate all those who seek his skilled services.
Jewish ritual circumcisers, or mohelim, in Sweden receive their licenses fro the country's health board, but a nurse or doctor must still be present when they perform the procedure.
In six of the 11 cases, healthcare providers confirmed parental reports that the ritual circumcision included an ultra-Orthodox Jewish practice known as metzitzah b'peh, in which the circumciser (mohel, plural: mohelim) places his mouth directly on the newly circumcised penis and sucks blood away from the circumcision wound (direct orogenital suction).
However, there are several halakhically acceptable potential ways to decrease any risk involved, and these should be employed by mohelim who practice metsitsah be'peh.
Michelangelo's statue of Moses makes it clear that he was one of Paul's mohelim.
Under the legislation, Jewish ritual circumcisers, or mohelim, in Sweden receive their licenses from the country's health board, but a nurse or doctor must still be present when they perform the procedure.
The disease was reported in 11 babies during an 11-year period ending last December, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which warned against the practice of oral suction practices by some "mohelim," who perform circumcisions.
Some mohelim delay the fundamental commandment of circumcision because the bilirubin level of the babies is high.