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mohel

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mo·hel  (mhl, -l, moil)
n. pl. mo·hels also mo·hal·im (-hä-lm) or mo·hel·im (-h-lm, --)
One who performs circumcision on a Jewish male as a religious rite.

[Mishnaic Hebrew môhl, active participle of mhal, to circumcise, from Aramaic mhal; akin to Biblical Hebrew ml.]

mohel [ˈmɔɛl mɔɪl]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Judaism a man qualified to conduct circumcisions
[from Hebrew]


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