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Italicize "mohel".
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The '''''brit milah''''' (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה; Ashkenazi pronunciation: bʁis ˈmilə, "covenant of [[circumcision]]"; Yiddish pronunciation: ''bris'' (bʀɪs)) is a Jewish religious male [[circumcision ceremony]] performed by a ''[[mohel]] '' on the eighth day of a male infant's life. The ''brit milah'' is followed by a celebratory meal.
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* [[Abrahamic covenant]]
* [[Brit Shalom]]
[[Category:Circumcision terms]]