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
The Cares of a Family Man biographical weight to this argument. A religious perspective opens up another interpretation of the text. Goetschel indicates that the star-shaped form of the creature might represent tradition (specifically Jewish tradition), which is passed on from generation to generation and accumulates some more bits of "thread" in each generation. According to Meksin, Odradek represents a rupture between the world of the family man and some other transcendent realm. It is immortal, and hides in shadows carrying a message from generation to generation, and witnessing it all. Meksin goes on to indicate that the physical description of Odradek with its wooden crossbar