mohel

Hebrew: מוֹהֵל . A ritual circumciser. Men who served as mohels in the colonies sometimes had images of circumcision tools on their gravestones.

Detail Gravestone of Mehir A Cohen Belinfante (1752), Jewish Cemetery in Bridgetown, Barbados. Photo by L. Leibman. Note circumcision tools at the right end

 

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