The Mohel performs a circumcision ceremony. On the 8th day after birth a Brit Milah is performed. Stamford Hill, London.

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The grandfather of the baby boy assist the Mohel in holding the boy while the father of the boy reads a prayer before giving the Mohel the blade. On the 8th day after birth a Brit Milah (Circumcision) is performed on a Jewish baby boy (unless there is a medical reason to delay it). The ceremony takes place in the synagogue and the man who carries out the skin removal is know as a Mohel and is medically trained, the boy is also given his Hebrew and/or English names.

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