Is he bris date affected if the Jewish baby was delivered via ceasarian section?
Is he bris date affected if the Jewish baby was delivered via ceasarian section? Rabbi, I know someone who will be having son this year. Under Jewish Law, the Bris is held eight days after the birth including Sabbath and/or a holiday unless the child is ill. However, if the woman has a C-section I have read it cannot be on Sabbath and/or a holiday. If the baby birth is by C-section, what is reason the Bris may not held on Sabbath or a holiday? Thanks, Mark Answer: Dear Mark, I hope this question means you deserve a Mazal Tov. MAZAL TOV. May he grow up to be full of Torah, mitzvos and good deeds!!! Now to your question. It will help if we crack open your Chumash (Bible) and look at Leviticus 12:2-3. “If a woman has matured a human seed and gives birth to a male (child), she shall be unclean for seven days; just as in the days of her separation during her period shall she be unclean. And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” The source for the ability to viol
