• A mohel (Hebrew: מוֹהֵל‎ [moˈhel], Ashkenazi pronunciation [ˈmɔɪ.əl], plural: מוֹהֲלִים‎ mohalim [mo.haˈlim], Imperial Aramaic: מוֹהֲלָא‎ mohala, "circumciser")...
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  • (April 26, 1956 – August 9, 2023) was an American Orthodox Jewish cantor, mohel, and actor. Over a 45-year career, Sherman performed more than 26,000 brit...
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  • by a trained specialist called a mohel. Typically, mohels record the circumcisions they have performed in small mohel books, which have become especially...
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    between God and the Jewish people. Today, it is generally performed by a mohel on the eighth day after the infant's birth and is followed by a celebratory...
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    baby boy on the knees or thighs while the mohel performs the brit milah, or by handing the baby to the mohel. In Modern Hebrew, sandak is also the word...
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  • They are obligated to arrange the bris, which involves Elaine booking a mohel and Jerry holding the baby during the circumcision. Kramer, disturbed by...
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    in television, movies and on stage. Levin was also known for playing the mohel in "The Bris" episode of Seinfeld, and Coco, the gay cook, in the pilot...
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  • Moel is a variant spelling for: Mohel, the person performing the Jewish ritual of circumcision Saint Mel, a 5th-century Irish religious figure In Welsh...
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    Paysach Krohn (section Mohel)
    Paysach J. Krohn (born January 29, 1945) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, mohel (practitioner of ritual Jewish circumcision), author, and lecturer on topics...
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  • during this time. He also performed wedding ceremonies and functioned as a 'mohel'. On January 17, 1994, he moved to Jerusalem, Israel. One of his sons is...
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