A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision. (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)
In 21st-century secular Israel – in which a religious wedding ceremony, for instance, is no longer necessarily seen as a must – three main arguments can still be heard in favor of brit mila (the Jewish ceremony in which a baby boy is circumcised).The first is the religious one, according to which the belief in God compels parents to circumcise their son.
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