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 a Masterpiece? What is a Masterpiece? What is a Masterpiece? is a 1979 non-fiction book by British historian Kenneth Clark. It is a transcribed version of the Walter Neurath memorial lectures given by Clark. The work, initially released on 1 January 1979, received a Thames & Hudson republication on 1 May 1992. Kenneth Clark had already achieved fame with a series of popular books while also serving as, from 1969 on, the writer, producer and presenter of the BBC programme, "Civilisation", a pioneering television documentary series. The prestigious series earned a Peabody Award as well as general commercial success. In the work,