Un enfant est circoncis (soit) le huitième jour, le neuvième jour, le dixième jour, le onzième jour ou le douzième jour —ni avant ni après. Comment? Normalement, il est circoncis le huitième jour. S'il est né ben hashmashoth (au crépuscule), il est circoncis le neuvième jour [le huitième jour à compter du jour suivant (sa naissance)]. S'il est né ben hashmashoth la veille du sabbat, il est circoncis le dixième jour. [Il est possible que ben hashmashoth soit le jour, de sorte que s'il (l'enfant né ben hashmashoth) était né la veille du sabbat, il ne pourrait pas être circoncis le shabbath suivant, car cela pourrait être le neuvième jour et milah hors de son temps , qui ne prévaut pas sur Shabbath. Par conséquent, il doit attendre après Chabbat, jusqu'au dixième jour.] Si yom tov (une fête) est tombée après Chabbat, [milah hors de son temps ne l'emporte pas, de sorte que] il est circoncis le onzième jour. Si les deux jours de Roch Hachana (sont tombés après Shabbath), il est circoncis le douzième jour, [car les deux jours sont d'une seule sainteté et la milah hors de son temps ne l'emporte pas sur le deuxième jour de Roch Hachana. Par conséquent, il est circoncis le douzième jour.] Un enfant malade n'est circoncis qu'après son rétablissement [et sept jours entiers se sont écoulés depuis le moment de sa guérison.]
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.
