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.

1. 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

1. Judaism a man qualified to conduct circumcisions

Word History and Origins

Origin of mohel¹

from Hebrew

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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