Vos Iz Neias reports that the mohel in this sad story turns out to be the baby’s own father. Was he licensed? Trained? Experienced? I doubt it. I also doubt he was – or is – sane. Perhaps that insanity will keep him out of jail …
It’s very common for the mohel to allow the father to do the actual cutting. I know people who have done this; presumably if it’s set up properly special skill isn’t required.
My questions are: Is the father a supervised mohel (mohelim are licensed in Israel)? If not was he supervised by a mohel?
If the father was the mohel, the part about the mohel leaving the building and then the parents noticing the bleeding doesn’t make sense.
I only once heard of a father taking the mohel up on the offer to do the cutting, the father was a medical doctor, and the mohel didn’t just supervise, but guided his hand.
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February 8, 2007 at 3:53 am
It’s very common for the mohel to allow the father to do the actual cutting. I know people who have done this; presumably if it’s set up properly special skill isn’t required.
My questions are: Is the father a supervised mohel (mohelim are licensed in Israel)? If not was he supervised by a mohel?
If the father was the mohel, the part about the mohel leaving the building and then the parents noticing the bleeding doesn’t make sense.
February 8, 2007 at 5:47 am
I only once heard of a father taking the mohel up on the offer to do the cutting, the father was a medical doctor, and the mohel didn’t just supervise, but guided his hand.