Dr. Bob Levenson addressed a group of mohels-in-training after they toured a temple in Newton.
(John Bohn / Globe Staff)
Skillfully preserving Jewish ritual
Mohel program aims to replenish covenant keepers
Dr. Bob Levenson addressed a group of mohels-in-training after they toured a temple in Newton.
(John Bohn / Globe Staff)
NEWTON - Dr. Bob Levenson always appeared wherever he was asked, on the eighth day, whether that was a national holiday, the Sabbath, or a day packed with visits from his regular patients. His task was to preside over the most profound and delicate rituals of Jewish family life, singing ancient prayers in Hebrew while circumcising and bandaging a newborn ... (Full article: 1096 words)
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