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Count to eight
A bris takes place on the baby’s eighth day of life—not the seventh, not the ninth. (It’s in the Torah, that’s why.) Figuring out exactly when this day falls, however, is more complicated than it first sounds. Brises are performed during daylight hours only, on every day of the year including festivals, holy days and Shabbat. In New York, the last bris of the day is at about 4pm in the winter and 8pm in the summer.
Among very observant Jews, it’s preferable to delay the bris by a day or two rather than cause others to violate the laws of the Sabbath by driving or cooking. Your mohel can help you determine the optimal day and can also guide you if you need to postpone the procedure due to infant medical issues such as jaundice, low birth weight or prematurity.
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Charles
Mon, Jan 07, at 09:05pm
You are factually incorrect in your article. You write that "Among very observant Jews, it’s preferable to delay the bris by a day or two rather than cause others to violate the laws of the Sabbath by driving or cooking. " This is absolutely false. Observant Jews either stay at the family's/friends house the night before a Shabbos bris, or they walk there, or they miss it altogether. Bris is NEVER delayed a day or two for convenience.
leo
Sun, Jan 06, at 03:45pm
I have been a subscriber for a while and found it highly offensive to be referred to as a "jittery goy", I'm sure a jew would find it offensive to be called a nervous kike. The mag is TONY, not Time Out Israel. C'mon, prejudice is so over, unity is in, TONY Kids is so behind the times. but that wouldn't ever be printed. A a catholic i have panned 4 baptisms, yetThe comment you type in this box will appear on the site
