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mohel
[ Sephardic Hebrew maw-hel; Ashkenazic Hebrew moh-heyl, moh-uhl, moi-; English moh-heyl ]
noun
, Hebrew.
, plural mo·hal·im [maw-hah-, leem], English mo·hels.
- the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.
mohel
/ ˈmɔɛl; mɔɪl /
noun
- Judaism a man qualified to conduct circumcisions
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mohel1
from Hebrew
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Example Sentences
Here the Mohel was taken to a palace, in one of whose apartments was the child's mother lying.
From Project Gutenberg
He was a Mohel, and had one pointed, uncut finger nail, and every pinch went to the heart.
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