Editing Mohel (section)

==Women==
According to traditional Jewish law, if no Jewish male expert is available, a Jewish woman who has the required skills is also authorized to perform the circumcision.<ref>Talmud Avodah Zarah 27a; Menachot 42a; Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, Milah, 2:1; [[Shulkhan Arukh]], Yoreh De'ah, 264:1</ref> Non-Orthodox Judaism allows women to be {{Transliteration|he|mohalot}} ({{lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|מוֹהֲלוֹת}}}}, plural of {{lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|מוֹהֶלֶת}}}}, {{Transliteration|he|'mohelet'}}, feminine of {{Transliteration|he|mohel}}), without restriction. In 1984, [[Deborah Cohen (mohelet)|Deborah Cohen]] became the first Reform Jewish {{Transliteration|he|mohelet}} to be certified (by the Berit Mila Program of Reform Judaism).<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007073323/http://beritmila.org/ |archive-date=7 October 2013 |url=http://beritmila.org/ |title=Berit Mila Program of Reform Judaism |access-date=2 February 2015 |website=beritmila.org |url-status=dead }}</ref>