Learn to Perform the Mitzvah of Brit Milah
Comprehensive mohel training course for Jewish medical professionals and religious leaders.
Join our flexible, individualized program and be trained to become a mohel/mohelet. This training will guide you to provide an educational, meaningful, and inspiring bris for young families and your community.
To bring boys into the Covenant of Abraham, as Jews have done for generations, is a true joy for mohelim/mohalot
To become a mohel, one must receive religious and surgical training.
The religious training is designed so you will understand brit milah in the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform movements and to view the mitzvah from a cultural and historical perspective.
The surgical training will be conducted in our Philadelphia area clinic, and customized to fit within your clinical schedule. The coursework will be determined by your current proficiency in infant circumcision as well as other factors.
Why train to become a mohel/mohelet?
Jewish communities around the world are struggling with critical shortages of trained mohelim. Our flexible, two-part mohel/mohelet training program encourages the continuation of this meaningful event in the lives of Jewish families.
Locally and globally, trained mohelim are in high demand as Jewish families of all traditions seek out mohelim to perform the bris, the fundamental mitzvah of Judaism, for their young sons.
To begin your personalized training, please reach out to Rabbi Atkins to discuss your schedule and specific needs.