Mohel

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A mohel (Hebrew: ?????? ? [mo'hel] , the pronunciation of Ashkenazi ['m ??.? L] , plural: [mo.ha'lim] span>, Aramaic: ???????? ? mohala , "the circumciser") is a Jew trained in practice brit milah , "circumcision agreement."

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Etimologi

The word mohel ( mohala in Aramaic language) "circumcision", comes from the same verb as milah "circumcision." The word appears for the first time in the fourth century as the title of the circumcision (Shabbat 156a).

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Origins of sunat

For Jews, male circumcision is mandatory, as prescribed in the Torah. In Genesis as a sign of the Covenant between God and the seed of Abraham: "In all generations, every man will be circumcised when he is eight days... This will be my covenant in your flesh, eternal covenant Men who are not circumcised uncircumcised foreskin, must be cut from the soul of his people, he has violated my Covenant ". In Leviticus: "God spoke to Moses, told him to speak to the Israelites: When a woman is pregnant and gives birth to a son... on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin will be circumcised."

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Function

Biblically, the baby's father ( avi haben ) is ordered to perform his own circumcision. However, since most fathers are uncomfortable or do not have training, they appoint a mohel . The mohel is specially trained in the circumcision and rituals that surround the procedure. Many mohalim are doctors or rabbis (and some both) or dancers and are required to receive appropriate training in both the religious and medical fields.

Traditionally, uses a knife to circumcise a newborn. Today, doctors and some non-Orthodox mohalim use perforating brace before they cut the skin. The brace makes it easier to be precise and shorten the recovery time. Orthodox mohalim has rejected the perforating clamps, arguing that by destroying and killing the skin it causes a great deal of unnecessary pain in newborns, bypassing the full blood flow, which according to Jewish law is harmful to children and are strictly prohibited, and also make orlah (foreskin) as wounds before being cut into proper rituals.

Under Jewish law, a mohel must draw blood from circumcision wounds. Most mohel do it by hand with suction tools, but some Orthodox groups use their mouths to draw blood after cutting off the foreskin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning in 2012 about the health implications of this practice, citing 11 cases of neonatal HSV and two deaths recorded. A 2013 review of cases of neonatal HSV infection in Israel identified ritualized circumcision as a source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of cases.

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Mohels women

According to traditional Jewish law, in the absence of a Jewish male expert, a woman possessing the necessary skills is also authorized to perform circumcision, provided he is a Jew. Non-Orthodox Judaism allows women of mohels, called mohalots, , plural of ???????? ? mohelet , feminine of mohel ), without limitation. In 1984, Dr. Deborah Cohen became the first Jewish Reformed Jewish mohelet; he was certified by the Berit Mila Program of Reform Judaism.

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia