A brit milah is an individual with the training in Jewish law and procedure, qualified to perform the ritual circumcision of a Jewish male infant on the eighth day of the baby's life. Anywhere in the USA, he is also certified by the State to perform this specific surgery, after his medical qualifications are suitably vetted. A mohel is a Jewish man who performs the ritual of brit milah on a baby boy eight days after he is born. (Unless the baby is not healthy enough to undergo the ritual, in w... more