Ein Kind wird (entweder) am achten Tag, am neunten Tag, am zehnten Tag, am elften Tag oder am zwölften Tag beschnitten —nicht vorher und nicht nachher. Wie? Normalerweise wird er am achten Tag beschnitten. Wenn er ben hashmashoth (in der Dämmerung) geboren wurde, wird er am neunten Tag [dem achten Tag ab dem folgenden Tag (seiner Geburt)] beschnitten. Wenn er am Sabbatabend ben hashmashoth geboren wurde, wird er am zehnten Tag beschnitten. [Es ist möglich, dass Ben Hashmashoth ein Tag ist. Wenn er (das Kind, das Ben Hashhmashoth geboren wurde) am Sabbatabend geboren würde, könnte er am folgenden Schabbat nicht beschnitten werden, denn dies könnte der neunte Tag und die Milah außerhalb seiner Zeit sein , was den Schabbat nicht außer Kraft setzt. Deshalb muss er bis nach dem Schabbat warten, bis zum zehnten Tag.] Wenn yom tov (ein Fest) nach dem Schabbat ausfiel, überschreibt [milah außerhalb seiner Zeit es nicht, so dass] er am elften Tag beschnitten wird. Wenn die zwei Tage von Rosch Haschana (fiel nach dem Schabbat aus), wird er am zwölften Tag beschnitten, [denn die zwei Tage sind von einer Heiligkeit und Milah außerhalb ihrer Zeit überschreibt nicht den zweiten Tag von Rosch Haschana. Deshalb wird er am zwölften Tag beschnitten.] Ein krankes Kind wird erst beschnitten, wenn es sich erholt hat [und seit seiner Genesung sind sieben volle Tage vergangen].
Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
If he was born during twilight, he is circumcised on the ninth day as it is the eighth day from the morrow; if twighlight is still considered day, he is thus circumcised on the ninth day. If the day (preceding the twighlight during which he was born) is Friday, he can't be circumcised on the following Shabbat in case it is the ninth day and it is a postponed circumcision which does not supersede Shabbat, he must wait until after Shabbat and be circumcised on the tenth day.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
Introduction
As we have already mentioned, circumcision is done on Shabbat only if it is done on the eighth day. If it is done on any other day besides the eighth, then the circumcision must wait until after Shabbat. Our mishnah shows that sometimes this will delay the circumcision by several days.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
חל יום טוב להיות אחר השבת – no circumcision which is [not performed] at its [appropriate] time may supersede it, and he is circumcised on the eleventh day [after his birth].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
An infant is circumcised on the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth [days], neither before nor later. How so? In the normal situation, on the eighth. Normally, a child is circumcised on the eighth day.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
שני ימים טובים של ראש השנה – for they are one level of sanctity and a circumcision [performed] not at its appropriate time does not supersede the Festival observance of the Second Day of Rosh Hashanah; he is circumcised on the twelfth day [from the day of his birth].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
If he is born at twilight, on the ninth; Twilight is a halakhically doubtful time we don’t know whether to consider it still the previous day or the day after. Therefore, if a boy is born at twilight, he is circumcised on what might be the ninth day. In other words we act as if he was born on the next day.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
עד שיבריא – and seven complete days in astronomical hours should pass from the day that he is healed, and afterwards, we circumcise him (i.e., the child).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
At twilight on the eve of Shabbat, on the tenth. If he is born on twilight on the eve of Shabbat, he can’t be circumcised on Shabbat because only circumcision on the eighth day overrides Shabbat, and Shabbat may be the ninth day. Therefore he is circumcised on Sunday, the tenth day.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
If a festival follows Shabbat, on the eleventh. If Sunday is a festival, we must delay his circumcision until the eleventh day. Just as circumcision does not override Shabbat unless it is the eighth day, so too it does not override a festival unless it is on the eighth day.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
If the two days of Rosh Hashanah [follow Shabbat], on the twelfth. Finally, if the two days of Rosh Hashanah follow Shabbat, then he will be circumcised on the twelfth day. We should note that even in the land of Israel Rosh Hashanah was observed for two days. In the Diaspora the same would hold true for the second day of festivals.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
An infant who is sick is not circumcised until he recovers. Healthy infants can be circumcised on the eighth through twelfth days, but sick infants must wait until they recover from their illness to be circumcised. Their health overrides their need to be circumcised.
