Editing Mohel (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:MS Laud Misc 165 fol 59.png|thumb|A [[historiated initial]] [[E]] featuring a {{Transliteration|he|mohel}} performing the [[circumcision of Jesus]], accompanied by Mary ({{circa|1350}})]]
The [[noun]] {{Transliteration|he|mohel}} ({{Transliteration|arc|'mohala'}} in [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]), meaning "circumciser", is derived from the same verb stem as {{Transliteration|he|milah}} ([[circumcision]]).<ref>{{cite book| first= Simeon J. |last= Maslin| publisher=[[Central Conference of American Rabbis]]. Committee on Reform Jewish Practice |title=Gates of Mitzvah: A Guide to the Jewish Life Cycle| url= https://archive.org/details/gatesofmitzvahsh00masl | url-access= registration | year= 1979| page=[https://archive.org/details/gatesofmitzvahsh00masl/page/70 70]| quote=The term mohel (ritual circumciser) is derived from milah (circumcision).}}</ref> The noun appeared for the first time in the 4th century as the title of a circumciser ([[Shabbat (Talmud)]] 156a).<ref>{{cite book|first= Abraham P. |last= Bloch| title=The Biblical and historical background of Jewish customs|url= https://archive.org/details/biblicalhistoric00bloc |url-access= registration | year= 1980| page= [https://archive.org/details/biblicalhistoric00bloc/page/10 10]|publisher= KTAV Publishing House|isbn= 9780870686580| quote= Beginning with the fourth century, the term mohel (mohala in Aramaic) appeared for the first time as the title of a circumciser ([[Shabbat (Talmud)|Shabbat]] 156a).}}</ref>