Midrash for Shabbat 19:5

קָטָן נִמּוֹל לִשְׁמֹנָה, לְתִשְׁעָה, וְלַעֲשָׂרָה, וּלְאַחַד עָשָׂר, וְלִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, לֹא פָחוֹת וְלֹא יוֹתֵר. הָא כֵּיצַד. כְּדַרְכּוֹ, לִשְׁמֹנָה. נוֹלַד לְבֵין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת, נִמּוֹל לְתִשְׁעָה. בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת שֶׁל עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת, נִמּוֹל לַעֲשָׂרָה. יוֹם טוֹב לְאַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת, נִמּוֹל לְאַחַד עָשָׂר. שְׁנֵי יָמִים טוֹבִים שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, נִמּוֹל לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר. קָטָן הַחוֹלֶה, אֵין מוֹהֲלִין אוֹתוֹ עַד שֶׁיַּבְרִיא:

A child is circumcised (either) on the eighth day, the ninth day, the tenth day, the eleventh day, or the twelfth day — not before and not after. How so? Normally, he is circumcised on the eighth day. If he were born ben hashmashoth (at twilight), he is circumcised on the ninth day [the eighth day from the day following (his birth)]. If he were born ben hashmashoth on Sabbath eve, he is circumcised on the tenth day. [It is possible that ben hashmashoth is day, so that if he (the child born ben hashmashoth) were born on Sabbath eve, he could not be circumcised on the following Shabbath, for that might be the ninth day and milah out of its time, which does not override Shabbath. Therefore, he has to wait until after Shabbath, until the tenth day.] If yom tov (a festival) fell out after Shabbath, [milah out of its time does not override it, so that] he is circumcised on the eleventh day. If the two days of Rosh Hashanah (fell out after Shabbath), he is circumcised on the twelfth day, [for the two days are of one sanctity and milah out of its time does not override the second day of Rosh Hashanah. Therefore, he is circumcised on the twelfth day.] A sick child is not circumcised until he recovers [and seven full days have passed from the time of his recovery.]

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