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| | Rabbi Zev Zions - Certified Mohel |
 | | By having a religiously observant mohel for your son's bris you will have the benefit of being able to do the first mitzvah for him properly and connect him to his Jewish roots. |  | | Another aspect of being a mohel that I enjoy is that I am part of one of the most important Jewish rituals which unites Jews of all types. |  | | Your Mohel will be happy to advise you in matters of scheduling the bris as well as relating the customs and traditions involved in the ceremony. |
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http://www.rabbizions.com/faq.htm
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| | About the Brit Milah, Florida Mohel, History of the Brit Milah, Jewish customs |
 | | At the Brit Milah prayers are recited expressing the gratitude of the parents, invoking the blessing of God upon the child, and announcing his given Hebrew name. |  | | It is noteworthy to mention that, following the tradition of the Royal House of England that requires circumcision of all male children; it was the Jewish Mohel of London rather than the Royal Physician who was called to circumcise the son of Princess Elizabeth. |  | | A Brit delayed for any reason, a Brit for the purpose of conversion or a Brit for a baby born by Caesarean section may not take place on the Sabbath or a festival. |
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http://www.floridamohel.com/themitzvah.htm
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| | Brit milah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A similar view is voiced by the 12th century Jewish scholar Maimonides once argued that one of the purposes of the Brit milah was to reduce sexual behavior and to weaken the sexual bond between man and woman (Guide for the Perplexed part III, chapter 49). |  | | Metzitzah b'peh ("suction by mouth") is a Halakhic practice in Haredi and Hasidic circles in which the mohel has mouth-to-genital contact during ritual circumcision of baby boys. |  | | Medical circumcision alone, in the absence of the brit milah ceremony, does not fulfill the requirements of the mitzvah. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah
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| | Circumcision |
 | | The Mohel is a person of the Jewish faith who is ordained to do circumcision under the guidelines of the Jewish religion. |  | | In order for a circumcision to be valid under the tenets of Jewish law a Mohel must understand and practice the Jewish religion, however, not all Mohelim are Rabbi's. |  | | Mohelim usually have their own tools and books and will come to the desired location of the parents to do the circumcision. |
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http://philo.ucdavis.edu/zope/home/bruce/RST23/STDNTPAGES/Hunt/mohel.htm
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| | A Guide to Brit Milah/Bris Milah |
 | | In this way the Mohel is a specialist in the spiritual aspects as well as the medical aspects of circumcision. |  | | After the Mohel has performed the brit, a special blessing is recited upon a cup of wine, and the baby is given his Hebrew name. |  | | During the ceremony, just prior to the Brit itself, the baby is placed on the chair of Elijah, and the Mohel recites a special prayer asking for the spirit of Elijah to stand over him as he performs the Brit. |
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http://www.milah.net
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| | Bris Milah mohel ceremony: outline of the bris ceremony for mohel and family. |
 | | The mohel recites a quick prayer for the baby and the mother, the congregation recites the Aleynu prayer, and kaddish is recited. |  | | While the Kvater places the baby on a chair, the mohel declares the chair as the Throne of Elija and recites some biblical verses. |  | | The father says the blessing "...who has sanctified us with His commandments, and has commanded us to bring him into the covenant of Avraham, our Patriarch." |
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http://www.imohel.com/ceremony.htm
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| | Sherman, Mohel |
 | | Traditionally, a mohel is a religiously observant rabbi or cantor who underwent extensive training (i.e. |  | | If you live in an area where there is no properly trained, religiously observant, non-medical mohel available, it is religiously preferred to delay the Bris until you can obtain the services of a properly trained, religiously observant, mohel. |  | | A judge who is Jewish, but not an observant Jew is qualified to perform a civil wedding ceremony; he is not religiously qualified to perform a Jewish wedding ceremony. |
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http://www.emoil.com/calendar.htm
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| | Mohel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A mohel (מוהל also mo'el) is a Jewish ritual circumciser who performs a brit milah ritual circumcision on the penis of a male who is to enter the Jewish covenant. |  | | Biblically, the infant's father is commanded to perform the circumcision himself. |  | | In Leviticus: "God spoke to Moses, telling him to speak to the Israelites: When a woman conceives and gives birth to a boy...And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised." [2] (Leviticus 12:1-3). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohel
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| | Traveling Mohel |
 | | After the meal is over, the participants recite special prayers: included is a prayer for the parents of the child, for the Mohel and also a prayer asking, as reward for performing the brit milah properly, that we should merit to see the coming of the Messiah (Moshiach) and the end of human strife. |  | | It is customary in some communities for the father of the baby, the Sandok (one who holds the baby during the brit) and the Mohel (one who performs the brit) to wear taleisim (prayer shawls) and tefillin (phylacteries) during the brit. |  | | The chair for Eliyahu is placed to the right of the Sandok at the brit and the Mohel recites certain prayers there while the baby is presented to Eliyahu for blessings. |
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http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/mikvah/britmilah1.html
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| | Bris-Milah.com - Rabbi Yitzchok Fischer |
 | | A Mohel performs the circumcision with spiritual intent. |  | | At a Bris Milah blessings are said and prayers are recited as the child takes his place as a member of the Jewish people. |  | | They recognize that in order for their children to survive as Jews, they must induct them into the Divine covenant of Bris Milah. |
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http://www.bris-milah.com
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| | Hanefesh: Guide to a Jewish Ritual Circumcision - Bris Milah |
 | | The moment of the Bris has a great spiritual effect upon the child and therefore Jewish law specifies that the Mohel (who performs the Jewish circumcision) should be a religious person who has mastered the set of Jewish laws regarding circumcision and received extensive practical training. |  | | It has therefore been the tradition that a Rabbi, cantor, or spiritual leader will also serve the community as a Mohel. |  | | Sovereign of the universe, may it be Your will that this (circumcision) be regarded and accepted by You as if l had offered him before the Throne of Your Glory. |
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http://www.hanefesh.com/edu/Circumcision.htm
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| | Bris Milah Parents' Guide: Tradition |
 | | So I wrote this book as a parent, and as a mohel, for all the parents who want to know more about bris milah and about the bris of their son. |  | | Always consult your mohel before scheduling the bris.] If a bris is delayed for any reason, it may not take place on Shabbos or other sacred holiday (6). |  | | For most parents, a bris is a great simchah to share with loved ones and community (and therefore, a minyan is preferred). |
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http://www.brismilah.com/guide0.htm
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| | The Ceremony |
 | | Finally, the mohel offers a prayer for the welfare of the child during which his Hebrew name is formally announced. |  | | A second blessing praising God, "who established a covenant with His people, Israel," is said. |  | | At the conclusion of the meal, Birkat Hamazon is recited with special blessings for the child, parents, sandak and mohel. |
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http://www.cantork.com/ceremony.htm
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| | The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles |
 | | The non-Orthodox movements, especially the Reform movement, needed their own mohels because Orthodox mohels generally are reluctant to circumcise the son of a non-Jewish mother. |  | | She felt she could bring a warmth and spiritual beauty to the ritual in ways her old-school mohel, who she said “rushed through” the ceremony, did not. |  | | Laurie Radovsky, a Conservative mohel in St. Paul, Minn., circumcised her son 11 years ago in rural Wisconsin because no mohels lived nearby. |
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http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15331
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| | Mohel Brit Milah Circumcision London |
 | | The Mohel (the ritual circumciser) will gather everyone together and explain the significance of the Brit. |  | | By performing the circumcision we are celebrating and remembering G-d’s covenant with Abraham and his people. |  | | The prayers will combine Hebrew and English, parents can choose their parts or can follow the Mohel. |
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http://www.mohel-circumcision.co.uk/1206.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*
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| | Maverick Mohel |
 | | Not only do the overwhelming majority of Jews remain unquestioningly faithful to the ritual of circumcision - whether performed by a doctor, as most now are, or by a mohel - but more than 64 per cent of all infant boys are now circumcised. |  | | Rothenberg's alternative ceremony cannot be considered an official bris from a religious standpoint. |  | | Whatever they do "should be an act of faith, instead of conformity." |
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http://www.noharmm.org/maverick.htm
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| | RSGB: What is Brit Millah |
 | | After the ceremony, the mother takes the baby away to feed and the mohel stays in the house until all your questions are answered, everything has been explained and everyone is sure that the baby is alright. |  | | If you are not sure what Hebrew names to give the baby, you should consult your rabbi or the mohel before the service. |  | | There is no reason why women should not be present. |
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http://www.refsyn.org.uk/rsgb-artman/publish/article_186.shtml
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| | Laws and Customs Chabad.org |
 | | Some say that in honor of this great mitzvah, and in respect for Elijah the Prophet, all those who are present at the Brit are purified from their sins. |  | | If the Brit will be held on a day that the Torah is read in the synagogue, we honor the father, the Sandek, and the Mohel with reciting the blessing on the Torah. |  | | At the morning prayers prior to the Brit, the "Tachanun" supplication is omitted in the presence of the father, the Sandek, or the Mohel, even if the Brit will take place at a different location. |
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http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?AID=144126
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| | j. - Confessions of a mohel’s wife |
 | | I must be the only woman in the world who has had avkas bris, a powder manufactured in Jerusalem especially for mohelim, sprinkled on her cut. |  | | As the wife of a mohel, I have seen them all. |  | | I found myself wishing I belonged to the group of Chassidic women where a new mother customarily stays at home while her son’s bris takes place in the synagogue. |
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http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/25723/format/html/displaystory.html
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| | Mohel Sued After Deaths - Hashkafah.com |
 | | While many mohels do it by hand, Fischer uses a practice little known outside ultra-Orthodox communities called metzizah bi peh, in which the mohel uses his mouth. |  | | That said, perhaps a mohel who wishes to perform metzitzah b'peh should regularly be tested for diseases, that is if he insists on doing it b'peh. |  | | In fact he says most times he sees them use their mouths. |
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http://www.hashkafah.com/index.php?showtopic=7461&st=0
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| | Special Content - Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week |
 | | Mohels and “mohalot” certified by the Reform movement’s Berit Mila Board take a 35-hour course administered by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. |  | | Someone who is not observant is not qualified to perform a religious lifecycle event,” he says. |  | | Not everybody is buying that package, Kogen admits after the ceremony. |
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http://www.thejewishweek.com/bottom/specialcontent.php3?artid=710
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| | Mohel Joel Welcomes You |
 | | It is important that parents choose a MOHEL who is proficient, experienced, and who is recognized by the religious community to function in that capacity. |  | | There is, sadly, a proliferation of non- or marginally observant doctors who are abusing the trust of that community by purporting to be religious functionaries when they are actually just trying to suppliment income. |  | | The professional MOHEL has been a significant presence in the Jewish community for thousands of years. |
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http://www.moheljoel.com/faq.htm
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| | Traditions and Customs of the Jewish Circumcision |
 | | It is important that the father should seek out a mohel that is not only an expert in surgical skills, but also very well versed in Jewish law and respected for his piety. |  | | After the mohel cuts the father recites the following blessing(s): |  | | Before the mohel cuts, he recites the following blessing: |
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http://www.jewishmag.com/28MAG/bris/bris.htm
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| | INSIGHTS TO THE DAF - SHABBOS 133 |
 | | The Mohel should not be Chayav because he does not have intention to cut off the Nega, and the person who appointed him should not be Chayav because a Shali'ach cannot be appointed to commit a transgression ("Ein Shali'ach l'Devar Aveirah") on his behalf. |  | | However, if Milah is performed on a person's son and there is a Nega on the Orlah, the Gemara says that it is possible for the Mohel to perform the Milah exclusively for the sake of the Mitzvah of Milah. |  | | (a) RASHI and most Rishonim explain that the reason the Mohel must go back to remove Tzitzin she'Einan Me'akvin is because of the requirement to beautify the performance of Mitzvos, which is derived from the verse, "Zeh Keli v'Anveihu," as the Gemara mentions. |
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http://www.dafyomi.co.il/shabbos/insites/sh-dt-133.htm
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| | Machon Itim The Jewish Life Information Center |
 | | Inform your mohel which texts he will say, and which, others will recite. |  | | To select a mohel from a Hebrew list of certified mohels in Israel, please click here. |  | | In Israel and around the world there are many active uncertified mohels. |
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http://www.itim.org.il/bin/itim_E.jsp?o=CeremonySubTopic%5El72&z=CeremonySubTopic
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| | MyJewishLearning.com - Lifecycle: The Mohel |
 | | It is preferable to have a minyan (a quorum of ten) present, but not essential; a brit can be performed by the mohel with no one but the father present. |  | | The mohel will put a sterile bandage on the incision and then the boy is dressed. |  | | Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs and Rituals. |
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http://www.myjewishlearning.com/lifecycle/Ceremonies_For_Newborns/Overview_Liturgy_Ritual_Customs/Ceremony_Brit_Milah/Planning_a_Bris.htm
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| | Circumcision and Your Child's Health |
 | | A doctor can do the milah part, but usually he cannot the bris (covenant) part. |  | | But if a doctor does it, and no proper ceremony takes place, the child will not have fully entered the Jewish Covenant. |  | | And remember, we have been doing this for over three thousand years. |
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http://www.beingjewish.com/cycle/brishealth.html
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| | Ronald Buckman, MD, CT Mohel |
 | | As a certified graduate of the Jewish Theologic Seminary/Rabbinical Assembly Brit Kodesh course he is a practicing conservative mohel (yiddish moyel, moel). |  | | Buckman, like many conservative mohelim, is also available to families who wish to have a mohel lead them in a Brit Bat ceremony in which we welcome baby girls as members of the Jewish community. |  | | Mohel Ron Buckman with the Siegel triplets shortly after their Brit. |
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http://www.ctmohel.com
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| | The Mohel ACT Advocating Circumcison Today |
 | | Once a Mohel has been appointed to perform a brit, one should not afterwards reject him and hire a second Mohel in his place. |  | | There are those authorities, however, who have expressed the view that religious doctors should refrain from performing brit milah. |  | | However, if the second Mohel is a close friend of the family or if he is an exceptionally righteous person, (and it is, therefore, obvious that he would have been chosen in the first place had the family known that he was available), the family may then go ahead and reject its original choice. |
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http://www.act-now.org/content/25.htm
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| | Daddy Types, the weblog for new dads: When Choosing A Mohel, "Caring" Isn't Enough |
 | | I just wanted to tell everyone that I used this Mohel to circumcise both my sons. |  | | This practice has changed, and I for one am happy about it. |  | | Oh, and in Mormon parlance, everyone else is a Gentile, even Jews, but that's a bit of a digression...) |
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http://www.daddytypes.com/archive/2005/02/02/when_choosing_a_mohel_caring_isnt_enough.html
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| | Ohr Somayach :: Ethics :: The Latecomer Loses Out |
 | | In desperation the father of the child to be circumcised asked another mohel who lived nearby to do the mila. |  | | If not, it would be preferable to allow the first to do the mila to save him from great embarrassment and to compensate the second one with some payment or by giving him some honor such as saying the blessings following the brit. |  | | He did arrive after the mila was done and complained to the father and mohel about his mitzvah being taken from him. |
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http://www.ohr.org.il/yhiy/article.php/2262
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| | MyJewishLearning.com - Lifecycle: Circumcision |
 | | Afterward, the witnesses, mohel, rabbi, and convert may say the blessing over wine--a universal feature of all Jewish rituals. |  | | Some mohelim recite a blessing before drawing the drop of blood, but others do not. |  | | A Jewish surgeon who is not a mohel can perform brit milah by saying the blessing before he does the surgery. |
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http://www.myjewishlearning.com/lifecycle/Conversion/IdeatoRealization/RabbinicRequirements/Circumcision.htm
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| | L.A. Mohel |
 | | What L.A. Mohel does exceptionally well is to show how this 3700 year-old ritual is an occasion for joy and celebration, and how Jews of various cultural backgrounds express their identity, their faith, and their family ties, in these early moments of life. |  | | One is a young doctor with a flair for show business ("The Mohel to the Stars"); one is a nurse midwife with a spiritual bent; and one is an Orthodox rabbi whose skill has consecrated thousands of male babies. |  | | This upbeat, often humorous film presents three busy mohelsl Jewish ritual circumcisers-as they practice their ancient profession in modern Los Angeles. |
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http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/LAMohel.htm
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| | Local Mohel Speaks Out on Circumcision Debate |
 | | According to a CNN report posted on the Internet, dated April 7, 1997, "some mohels are finding other ways of staying true to their faith, minus the cutting. |  | | The formation of bris/bat ceremonies, which create a Jewish covenant for baby girls by giving them a Hebrew name, has helped eliminate its patriarchal nature and represents the progressive nature of Judaism." |  | | Samuel Pessaroff, mohel and well-known cantor of Temple Ner Tamid of Peabody, said the latest debate over circumcision is irrelevant to Jews. |
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http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/jjournal.htm
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| | mohel training course |
 | | "To bring a newborn child into the Covenant of Abraham, as Jews have done for generations, is a true joy for any mohel." Dr. Pollock stated that, "It has been a true privilege and pleasure to train physicians to become practicing mohelim. |  | | Rabbi Gary Atkins, a graduate of the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a Conservative rabbi for over thirty years, has been a board certified mohel for over twenty years. |  | | Both Dr. Pollock and Rabbi Atkins have completed the Brit Kodesh mohel training program sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the center of Conservative Judaism. |
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http://www.moheltraining.com
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| | The Mohel |
 | | I am also an approved Mohel of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (Kedasia) and The London Beth Din. |  | | I myself use only the most accepted methods which conform to the highest standards of modern day hygiene and Halachah (Jewish Law). |  | | By engaging me to be your Mohel, to circumcise your son, you can be rest assured that I will care and look after your son with the greatest of care and devotion. |
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http://www.coellinson.plus.com/themohel.htm
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| | New Voices --Modernity’s Mohel |
 | | In the old days, moheling was purely an Orthodox racket. |  | | “Not too long ago, one mohel taught another,” says Denbo. |  | | Some, like Rabbi Shalom Denbo, Los Angeles mohel of seven years, claim to hold no grudges—even if the Reforms have undercut the traditional circumcision trade. |
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http://www.newvoices.org/issue0032/article0364.html
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| | Mohel: A description for the mohel job |
 | | Mohel: Ritual circumciser Circumcises Jewish male infants in accordance with tenets of faith: Reviews infant's family medical history to determine possibility of hemorrhage. |  | | Examines infant for infection and other conditions to determine best operational time and procedure. |
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http://www.job-descriptions.org/mohel.html
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| | Brit Milah Page |
 | | The officiate at a religious ceremony should possess religious conviction. |  | | For complete details on all aspects of the ceremony of Circumcision and its participants check with your Rabbi or call Rabbi Miara. |  | | The circumcision of a healthy, male child must be held on the eighth day after his birth, even if that day is a Sabbath, Holiday, or even the day of Yom Kippur. |
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http://montefiore.torah.org/mohel.html
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| | Mohel Brit Milah Circumcision London |
 | | I am a full time GP and a mohel (ritual circumciser) for the London and South East UK Progressive Jewish community. |  | | I have been performing circumcisions for thirteen years and average two or three a week. |
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http://www.mohel-circumcision.co.uk
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| | What a Mohel Functions As : Dr. Fred R. Kogen - (800) 644-4479 |
 | | Finally, a well-experienced mohel will, after setting a strong foundation, make the ceremony proceed flawlessly and seem effortless, as though a Bris was so simple "anyone" could have done it. |  | | The mohel, acting as a psychologist should be diplomatic in his dealings with various emotional issues such as family members who are not in favor of circumcision or a Bris ceremony, divorced grandparents who still harbor animosity to each other, interactions between family members of different faiths, cultural heritage or Jewish affiliations. |  | | A mohel has to set the stage for the ceremony, making sure that all necessary elements are in place before the ceremony even begins. |
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http://www.briss.com/concepts_function.html
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| | EastCoastMohel.com - Rabbi Dov Shapiro, Certified Mohel - Circumcision, Brit Mila, Bris Mila |
 | | The Mohel recites his blessing and performs the circumcision, followed by the father reciting his blessing. |  | | If he has not yet done so, the father now appoints the Mohel to be his proxy and perform the Bris on his behalf. |  | | The baby is then placed on a pillow on the chair of Elijah, and the Mohel recites the appropriate prayers. |
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http://www.eastcoastmohel.com/ceremony.html
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| | A Jewish Birth - Choosing a Mohel |
 | | Therefore, you should call the mohel as soon as practical after your son's birth. |  | | He is also certified by the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Rabbinical Council as a Mohel and performs Britot for Jewish families of all demoninations. |  | | If it's a boy and he's healthy, a bris must be on the eighth daythe same day the following week after birth, unless he's born after sundown, when the bris falls on the following day the next week. |
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http://www.evjcc.org/resources/lifecycle/birth_3.html
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| | Questions To Ask A Mohel : Dr. Fred R. Kogen - (800) 644-4479 |
 | | I performed as a mohel part-time for seven years prior to 1992. |  | | I was trained as a mohel under the auspices of the Berit Milah Board of Reform Judaism and I was certified in 1985. |  | | I am a full-time professional mohel and have been so for 13 years. |
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http://www.beritmila.com/questions_1.html
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| | Sherman, Mohel |
 | | An important part of the Brit Milah ceremony is the announcement of the Jewish (Hebrew, Yiddish or Ladino) name you have chosen for your son. |  | | The difference between a doctor doing a circumcision and a Mohel officiating at the Brit Milah ceremony is the difference between a surgical procedure and a beautiful and meaningful Jewish life cycle event celebrated by friends, family and k'lal Yisrael — the entire Jewish community. |  | | Finally, a Pidyon Ha-Ben (Redemption of the First Born) ceremony may be necessary for your son. |
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http://www.emoil.com/boy.htm
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| | Welcome to Bris Mila : Dr. Fred R. Kogen - (800) 644-4479 |
 | | I am honored to work with Jewish families from all affiliations such as the Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist and Renewal Movements. |  | | As a physician and a mohel, I perform both ritual and non-ritual newborn circumcision. |
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http://www.ebris.com
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| | The Mohel |
 | | I have been a practicing mohel for over twenty years and have performed over 10,000 circumcisions, including my own three sons, who have thank G-d no complaints. |  | | Upon my ordination I was certified as a Rabbi and Mohel by a member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. |  | | I trained as a rabbinic mohel at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel. |
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http://www.torahview.com/bris/html/the_mohel.html
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| | Detroit Mohel arrested for DUI |
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http://www.cirp.org/news/detroitfreepress08-23-02
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