mohel
noun [ C ] uk/ˈməʊ.əl/ us/ˈmɔɪ.əl/ mohelim
(犹太教的)割礼执行者
someone who is trained to perform a Jewish circumcision (= the act of cutting the protecting loose skin off a boy's penis), usually in a traditional ceremony
Many Jewish parents hold a bris in the home, where the cutting is done by a trained person called a mohel. 许多犹太父母在家中举行割礼,由受过专门训练的人(也称‘割礼执行者’)来完成割礼。
There were plenty of mohelim in Tel Aviv.
- More examples
- The person who circumcised our son was a doctor, not a mohel.
- The mohel performs a circumcision rite eight days after the birth of a baby boy as a sign of the covenant between God and the Jews.
- She was looking for a mohel to perform a double bris, or briot, for her twin sons.