"You're not Conservative, are you?"

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It was almost midnight a few weeks ago when I received a text from a fellow mohel asking, “What is ‘inter-milah’?  I need to explain to the mohalim in this listserve that you are not Conservative.”  Feeling a bit lost, I responded, “I have no idea what ‘inter-milah’ is but I received my Smicha (rabbinic ordination) from Rav Shlomo Riskin and Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg.”

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