Mohel have the training, they designate a "mohel". The mohel is specially trained in circumcision and the rituals surrounding the procedure. Many "mohalim" are doctors or rabbis (and some are both) or cantors and are required to receive appropriate training both from the religious and medical fields. Traditionally, the "mohel" uses a knife to circumcise the newborn. Today, doctors and some non-Orthodox "mohalim" use a perforating clamp before they cut the skin. The clamp makes it easier to be precise and shortens recovery time. Orthodox "mohalim" have rejected perforating clamps, arguing that by crushing and killing the skin it causes a
What Is Man? (King essay) defines what the biblical writers meant when they said 'man is made in the image of God', and that he has 'rational capacity; he has the unique ability to have a fellowship with God. Man is a being of spirit'. King then defines the third doctrine of man which 'is the recognition that man is a sinner. Man is a free being made in the image of God'. Man also has the ability to 'choose between alternatives, so he can choose the good or the evil, the high or the low'. King then admits that 'man has misused his freedom'