brit milah

British

/ ˈmilɑ, ˈbrit miˈlɑː /

noun

Judaism a Hebrew term usually translated as circumcision

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He was trained in the Jewish religious practice of brit milah — a profession generally spelled “mohel” in English and pronounced “moil.”

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Same goes for when a mother asks her to officiate a brit milah — a less controversial procedure, though a small but growing number of Jews are questioning the tradition’s merits.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2019

Many of these Jews, according to rabbis and the ritual circumcisers known as mohels, are rejecting the classic festive circumcision ceremony, called a brit milah, or bris.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2013

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