Brit milah Jew trained in the practice of "brit milah", the "covenant of circumcision." According to traditional Jewish law, in the absence of a grown free Jewish male expert, anyone who has the required skills is also authorized to perform the circumcision, provided that they are Jewish. However, most streams of non-Orthodox Judaism allow female mohels, called "mohalot" (, plural of "mohelet", feminine of "mohel"), without restriction. In 1984, Deborah Cohen became the first certified Reform mohelet; she was certified by the Berit Mila program of Reform Judaism. It is customary for the brit to be held in a synagogue, but it
Practice What You Preach the direction of metal producer Alex Perialas." "Practice What You Preach" entered the "Billboard" 200 album charts a month after its release, peaking at number 77 and would remain on the chart for twelve weeks. Testament toured for less than a year to promote "Practice What You Preach". They embarked on a one-month U.S. tour in October 1989 with Annihilator and Wrathchild America (who had just released their respective debut albums "Alice in Hell" and "Climbin' the Walls"), and played two shows in California with Nuclear Assault and Voivod in December. The second leg of the "Practice What You Preach"