Topical Index

This page is divided into a few major topics, with all the blog postings in mohelinsouthflorida.com indexed according to their most general topics. Some postings appear multiple times because they fit into more than one category.

About Me (Personal)

Why I Love Being a Mohel
Is the Mohel a Doctor?
An Important Lesson - What Never to Say
Thoughts on Bris Humor
What I Learned in the Operating Room
The Honor of Being Called Again - a "repeat" customer
Becoming more Efficient - all on account of being a traveling mohel
A Personal Note on a Unique Friendship
Special Merit
Being a Consultant 
When the Mohel's Wife Gives Birth to a Boy
Getting Two Calls for the Same Timeslot
An appreciated compliment

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AUDIO TUTORIALS (follow the link and instructions)
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A Different Experience (than with other mohels)
Being A Mohel In South Florida
A Traveling mohel
Photos (and Facebook)
Mohel in Central Florida
A Bris in Puerto Rico
A Mohel in Miami - laugh at ridiculousness, please
Pinch Hitting - Filling in for a missing mohel
Testimonials
Quite the Compliment!
Inquiries Welcome

Bris, and its Symbolism
The Shalom Zachar - Friday night before the bris
The Beauty of the Bris
Typical Bris Setup
The Inspiration of Bris
Why We Stand at a Bris
Why We Name the Baby at the Bris
Invoking the Bris During Davening (Prayers)
How Emotions Overtake Us - the story of the father who forgot his lines
The Significance of the Bris [audio class]
וכרות עמו הברית - during davening

Caring for the circumcision 'wound'
What to Prepare for the Bris
Instructions for After Care
What Will it Look Like Before and After
Is Tylenol a solution for a cranky baby?
What I learned in the Operating Room
Knowing What to expect afterwards
Long term Care Reminder
Fusion Challenge
The Myth of Bleeding Vein

Ceremony and Honors
Shalom Zachar - the pre-bris Ceremony
Multiple Babies
Typical Bris Setup
Why We Stand at the Bris
Family Involvement
The Ceremony and the Honors
A Comprehensive List of Honors for the Bris
What is A Kvatter
The Role of the Sandak
Elijah the Prophet
Morning Prayer - וכרות עמו הברית
Including Women in the Ceremony

Clamps
Methods of Circumcision
Don't Use the Mogen Clamp
News Out of Israel
In Florida's Local Jewish Newspaper

Conversion
A Note on Jews, Religion and Observance
Hatafat Dam Brit
What Makes a Jew
Bris For Conversion
Circumcisions Versus Brisses - Circumcising Jews, Half-Jews, Non-Jews
When the Baby's Mother is Not Jewish

Costs
What Kind of Party
Don't Let Finances Deter You from hiring a mohel (as opposed to going the hospital circ route)

Fees (Honorarium)
The Afterthought Question
Final Word on Honorariums

Fun Stuff
Source for metzitzah
How do you spell Moyle?
Hollywood Mohel Will Travel
Bris Humor
Funny Story? You decide
A Good Line - an unplanned humorous encounter
Remembering Our Roles - the grandmother who forgot she was a grandmother
An Inspired Teaching - Based on a joke the sandak told me
Response to Correspondence I've received
Is the Mohel a Doctor?
Taking Decor to a Whole New Level
When the Baby is a Girl
To Be a Mohel in Miami
Not too many pictures in this Bris Website

Hatafat Dam
Comments on the Ceremonial pin prick

Methods and Clamps
Cleanliness and Efficiency
Methods of Circumcision
Bris v Circumcision
News out of Israel
What I learned in the operating room
In the local Florida newspaper
The Magic of a Marker

Metzitzah
Source for Metzitzah (joke)
Some Thoughts on Metzitzah
Another Thought on metzitzah
Early sources for Metzitzah? Who will find...
A Debate on this subject

Miscellaneous
It's All About the Baby
JAUNDICE
How do you spell MOIL, MOHEL
When to call the mohel
When Baby is REALLY Small
What to Prepare for the Bris
Bris Humor
BEFORE AND AFTER - What it Looks Like
The Importance of Trust
Timing the Bris - Figuring out when the bris will take place
C-Section differences
Source for the Bris Party
Lighting
Foreskin - how is it disposed of?
Historical - portrayal of adult circumcision for conversion

Miscellaneous Essays:
What Makes a Jew
Emotions vs Intellect vs God's Law (Part I)
Emotions vs Intellect vs God's Law (Part II)
Circumcisions versus Brisses - status of circumcision based on baby's birth status from his mother
When Baby Dies Uncircumcised
Bris v Circumcision (medical versus by a mohel)
Women and the Covenant of Circumcision
Including Women in the Ceremony
A connections between Chanuka and Bris Milah

Mohels
Putting Your Mind At Ease
The Color White
Hollywood mohel will travel
Different Types (Levels) of Mohels

Mohel Standards
Cleanliness and Efficiency
It's All About the Baby
Different Types of Mohels
The Danger of Arrogance
Sterility and Cleanliness
Jews, Religion and Observance
Is the Mohel a Doctor?
news out of Israel
Gloves
Creating Standards for Sterility
Marking the Foreskin with a Marker
Dealing With Multiple Brisses on the same day

News Monitor - The "pro-bris but anti-circumcision" movement
News: Florida
In the Florida News - About the use of clamps

News: Israel
News out of Israel - about inefficient circumcisions (the mohel who did not remove enough)
News: San Francisco - The attempt to make circumcision illegal
Monitoring the News - San Francisco
No Indication of Anti-Semitism (San Francisco II)
San Francisco Ban Part III
San Francisco IV - The Final Chapter

Parents, Notes to
The Right to Choose
It's All About the Baby
Putting Your Mind at Ease
Putting Parents at Ease
Why baby can't eat before the bris
Instructions for After Care
Importance of Trust
He's Your Son Really
Finding a Mohel in South Florida
Important Reminders
If You Choose to Do the Circumcision Under My Supervision (to set your mind at ease)
TOP TEN - Don't Make These Mistakes! - you'll kick yourself afterwards!
The Myth of the Bleeding Vein - a note for fathers who want to perform the circumcision

Preparations
Family and Friends Focused
When to Call the Mohel
What Kind of Party
What to Prepare for the Bris
Private Room

Problems
news out of Israel
Most Common Issues After the Bris
What Will it Look Like Before and After
What I Learned in the Operating Room
What Can Go Wrong at the Bris
The Part No One Talks About (relates to previous)
Knowing What to Expect Afterwards
The Fusion Challenge (related to previous)
MYTHBUSTER: The Bleeding Vein

Questions to Ask
Good Questions to Ask ANY Mohel
Prioritizing Our Questions
Wrong Attitude is NOT to Ask
FAQ - Summary (links to answers to the questions) - Shorter Answers Appear in a Link at the top of the page

Sterility
Cleanliness and Efficiency
Sterility and Cleanliness - Can't Overemphasize
Gloves
On Creating Standards for Sterility
In the Florida News

Symbolism
Beauty of the Bris
Inspiration of Bris
Covenants in the Torah
Why We Name the Baby at the Bris
Elijah the Prophet
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on Bris Symbolism
What's in a Name?
Saying וכרות עמו הברית Together at the bris
Significance of Bris [audio class]
The Shalom Zachar - sources of the Friday night celebration