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260Siman 260 – Laws of Milah (Circumcision) – The Order of the Night Before the BritSiman 260 · 5 seifim
- 1.The night before the day of the circumcision is…
- 2.There is no obligation to hold a meal on…
- 3.When the "Brit Yitzchak" study is held at the…
- 4.The Sages said that when one's wife gives birth…
- 5.If the circumcision is postponed due to the infant's…
261Siman 261 – The Mitzvah of CircumcisionSiman 261 · 13 seifim
- 1.It is a positive commandment for the father to…
- 2.The matter of the mitzvah of circumcision is that…
- 3.Mohalim who perform the circumcision and the uncovering together…
- 4.If the father did not circumcise his son, the…
- 5.One does not circumcise a person without his knowledge,…
- 6.The mother is not obligated to circumcise her son,…
- 7.If a mohel proceeded to circumcise the son without…
- 8.If the child is orphaned of his father and…
- 9.It is proper and fitting for mohalim to perform…
- 10.If the father does not know how to circumcise,…
- 11.If there are two mohalim, one of whom is…
- 12.If the circumcision is held in another city, and…
- 13.A mohel who publicly desecrates Shabbat by driving his…
262Siman 262 – The Proper Time for CircumcisionSiman 262 · 13 seifim
- 1.It is written in the Torah: "and on the…
- 2.Circumcision is performed only during the day; even a…
- 3.If the eighth day passed and the father did…
- 4.If the infant was born in the USA, and…
- 5.Even though the entire day is valid for the…
- 6.Where possible, one should try to have ten men…
- 7.If the circumcision falls on a public fast day…
- 8.An infant born during twilight (bein hashmashot), which is…
- 9.An infant to be circumcised on the eighth day,…
- 10.An infant who was circumcised at night after the…
- 11.If the infant was circumcised within the eight days…
- 12.A circumcision requiring correction that must be performed as…
- 13.It is permitted for the father of the child,…
263Siman 263 – The Law of a Circumcision Not at Its Proper TimeSiman 263 · 10 seifim
- 1.One should strongly protest against mohalim who perform the…
- 2.If the mohel has two infants to circumcise, one…
- 3.If the mohel has two infants to circumcise, and…
- 4.An infant who became ill, causing the circumcision to…
- 5.A mourner within the seven days of mourning who…
- 6.Some say it is permitted for a mourner within…
- 7.A firstborn infant who became ill and was not…
- 8.A firstborn infant who became ill and cannot be…
- 9.Likewise, an infant who became ill and whose circumcision…
- 10.An expert mohel who was also honored with the…
+Siman 263, Continued – For Which Illnesses One Postpones a CircumcisionSiman 263 (continued) · 18 seifim
- 1.An infant whose circumcision was postponed due to a…
- 2.What we have said, that one must wait seven…
- 3.An infant whose circumcision was postponed due to high…
- 4.Likewise, if he became ill in one of his…
- 5.An infant born with a clubfoot who requires an…
- 6.An infant with mild eye pain — that is,…
- 7.An infant with high jaundice who was born already…
- 8.If the first son was circumcised and died as…
- 9.An infant born on Shabbat who has a blood…
- 10.A woman who gave birth to twins, both of…
- 11.Twins were born, and one of them died within…
- 12.Some say that in a case where the circumcision…
- 13.An infant born already circumcised requires drawing a drop…
- 14.An infant born circumcised, on whom a thread-like remnant…
- 15.An infant born circumcised, from whom a drop of…
- 16.An infant born circumcised, from whom a drop of…
- 17.As the preferred practice, the drawing of the drop…
- 18.An infant who died before reaching eight days old…
+Laws of Milah – Summary of the Laws of Circumcision on ShabbatLaws of Milah – Summary of the Laws of Circumcision on Shabbat · 48 seifim
- 1.The mitzvah of circumcision overrides Shabbat; therefore, an infant…
- 2.If the circumcision is to be held on Shabbat…
- 3.The law that circumcision overrides Shabbat applies specifically to…
- 4.One may rely on a hospital nurse who states…
- 5.If it is necessary to transport the infant by…
- 6.It is absolutely forbidden to photograph or film the…
- 7.An infant born on Shabbat, whose guests arrive by…
- 8.In places without an eruv, the circumcision should be…
- 9.Likewise, if they forgot to bring the circumcision instruments…
- 10.According to our practice, it is permitted for the…
- 11.An infant born by Caesarean section — his circumcision…
- 12.An infant born on Shabbat by forceps, or by…
- 13.An infant born on Shabbat through artificial insemination, or…
- 14.One should be careful that two mohalim do not…
- 15.One who has never circumcised before, or never performed…
- 16.A person is believed to say that he has…
- 17.A mohel who is a resident abroad visiting the…
- 18.A mohel who is a resident of the Land…
- 19.An infant who became ill and whose circumcision was…
- 20.An infant born during twilight, where the eighth day…
- 21.An infant born already circumcised, requiring a drop of…
- 22.An infant born with two layers of skin on…
- 23.An infant born on Friday, twenty minutes after sunset,…
- 24.An infant born on Friday night after our reckoning…
- 25.An infant born at the conclusion of Shabbat before…
- 26.An infant born on Friday, where an unavoidable circumstance…
- 27.If the congregation prayed the evening service while it…
- 28.A mohel who was called to perform a circumcision…
- 29.It is permitted for mohalim to use the separating…
- 30.A tumtum (a child of indeterminate sex) born on…
- 31.The custom is to bandage the circumcision on Shabbat…
- 32.It is permitted to place cotton wool in wine…
- 33.Even on Shabbat, the foreskin is placed in earth;…
- 34.Some spit the blood from the suction onto the…
- 35.It is forbidden to circumcise Samaritans on Shabbat, even…
- 36.It has already been explained above that a Karaite…
- 37.An infant born on Shabbat to a Jew who…
- 38.A mamzer born on Shabbat should be circumcised on…
- 39.It is permitted for the mohel to request payment…
- 40.It is forbidden for the mohel to go beyond…
- 41.An infant who became ill, causing the circumcision to…
- 42.It is forbidden to circumcise a convert on Shabbat,…
- 43.All this applies specifically to a circumcision that is…
- 44.An infant whose circumcision was postponed after becoming ill,…
- 45.If dried myrtle is distributed to the congregation attending…
- 46.It is permitted to cut from the myrtle to…
- 47.For a circumcision held on Shabbat where Kiddush with…
- 48.When singing at a circumcision meal on Shabbat, it…
264Siman 264 – Who Is Qualified to Perform CircumcisionSiman 264 · 9 seifim
- 1.Everyone is qualified to perform circumcision, even a woman…
- 2.A non-Jew, even if he himself is circumcised, should…
- 3.Some say that agency does not apply to circumcision,…
- 4.It is permitted for the father of the child…
- 5.Some say that if the father wants to be…
- 6.If the father of the child does not know…
- 7.The father of the child stands next to the…
- 8.A new mohel who is skilled in the craft…
- 9.The father of the child, who promised a mohel…
+Siman 264, Continued – How Circumcision Is PerformedSiman 264 (continued) · 3 seifim
- 1.How is circumcision performed? One cuts the foreskin, which…
- 2.The custom is to circumcise with a knife. Nevertheless,…
- 3.The knife must be sharp and smooth without any…
+Siman 264, Continued – Conduct of the Father and Mohel on the Day of CircumcisionSiman 264 (continued) · 3 seifim
- 1.Some have the custom that the participants in the…
- 2.Some have the custom that the father of the…
- 3.The custom is for the father of the child…
265Siman 265 – The Order of the Circumcision and Its BlessingsSiman 265 · 27 seifim
- 1.When the infant is brought in for the circumcision,…
- 2.As the preferred practice, the congregation should stand during…
- 3.Even if the father of the child circumcises his…
- 4.The widespread custom in the Land of Israel, among…
- 5.After the father of the child recites the blessing…
- 6.A father of the child who passed away before…
- 7.The father and the mohel must stand while the…
- 8.It is customary to set up a chair for…
- 9.Some have the custom of lighting a candle in…
- 10.The mohel need not close his eyes while reciting…
- 11.It is permitted to hold the foreskin during the…
- 12.When circumcising an adult, the shield should be inserted…
- 13.If the infant relieves himself in the middle of…
- 14.After the cutting, the foreskin is placed in sand…
- 15.Regarding the practice of some women to swallow the…
- 16.Immediately after the mohel circumcises, the father of the…
- 17.The custom is to recite the Thirteen Attributes immediately…
- 18.After the mohel completes the circumcision and the uncovering,…
- 19.In the blessing "Asher Kidash," the custom is to…
- 20.One who recites the blessing over the circumcision cup…
- 21.There is no need to dilute with water the…
- 22.For the blessing over the wine at the circumcision,…
- 23.Some have the custom of taking a myrtle branch,…
- 24.When a circumcision is held on Shabbat and the…
- 25.If there is no wine at all, the blessing…
- 26.During the blessing "Asher Kidash," etc., the infant should…
- 27.After the blessing "Asher Kidash Yedid Mibeten," a prayer…
+Siman 265, Continued – Honoring Someone with the Role of SandakSiman 265 (continued) · 6 seifim
- 1.The Jewish custom is that one person becomes the…
- 2.One who sat as sandak for his first son…
- 3.The custom is to honor the husband's father with…
- 4.One should seek out the best and most righteous…
- 5.It is good and proper not to give the…
- 6.The custom is to rise before the one who…
+Siman 265, Continued – Customs of the Circumcision MealSiman 265 (continued) · 16 seifim
- 1.The custom is to hold a festive meal on…
- 2.The custom is to gather a minyan for the…
- 3.This meal should ideally be held with bread; as…
- 4.At a circumcision meal, one does not say "SheHaSimcha…
- 5.Those who have the custom of holding the circumcision…
- 6.It is permitted to bring musical instruments to a…
- 7.Anyone invited to a circumcision meal who does not…
- 8.It has already been explained above that a Torah…
- 9.A Torah scholar diligent in his studies who is…
- 10.It is permitted to eat meat after Rosh Chodesh…
- 11.The three participants in the covenant [father, mohel, and…
- 12.A circumcision performed not at its proper time, done…
- 13.If a circumcision is held on the eve of…
- 14.If the circumcision falls on a public fast day…
- 15.It is permitted to hold a circumcision meal and…
- 16.When holding a circumcision meal or a Pidyon HaBen…
+Siman 265, Continued – Reciting the Confession on the Day of CircumcisionSiman 265 (continued) · 13 seifim
- 1.When there is a circumcision in the synagogue, the…
- 2.If the father of the child is present in…
- 3.Even a mohel who takes payment for the circumcision,…
- 4.In a place where the custom is that if…
- 5.A synagogue where a circumcision is performed in the…
- 6.Even when the circumcision is performed in the morning,…
- 7.One who received news that a son was born…
- 8.If one person performs the circumcision and another performs…
- 9.In a place where there is a dispute within…
- 10.As a matter of strict halachah, there is no…
- 11.A day of circumcision that falls during the public…
- 12.If a drop of covenantal blood is drawn from…
- 13.When there is a circumcision on Shabbat in the…
+Siman 265, Continued – Synagogue Customs on the Day of CircumcisionSiman 265 (continued) · 3 seifim
- 1.The custom is to call up the participants in…
- 2.If one wishes to add to the number of…
- 3.Some mohalim have the custom of serving as prayer…
+Siman 265, Continued – Circumcision on Festivals and FastsSiman 265 (continued) · 13 seifim
- 1.If there is a circumcision on Rosh Hashanah, it…
- 2.If there is a circumcision on Purim, some say…
- 3.If a circumcision falls during the days of Sefirat…
- 4.Some say the participants in the covenant are exempt…
- 5.If the mitzvah of circumcision is divided between two…
- 6.Also on the Fast of Gedaliah, the participants in…
- 7.When there is a circumcision during the Three Weeks…
- 8.The father of the child who recites the "Shehecheyanu"…
- 9.The father of the child, the sandak, and the…
- 10.If Tisha B'Av falls on Shabbat and is postponed…
- 11.It has already been explained above that the participants…
- 12.Even in places where the Ashkenazic custom is not…
- 13.One who is within thirty days of his own…
+Laws of Milah – Circumcising a Convert and a Non-JewLaws of Milah – Circumcising a Convert and a Non-Jew · 7 seifim
- 1.A convert coming to convert may be anesthetized with…
- 2.A convert whose brothers died from circumcision, or who…
- 3.As a matter of strict law, it is permitted…
- 4.A Jew who had a son from a non-Jewish…
- 5.It is permitted to circumcise an infant from the…
- 6.A ba'al teshuvah whose parents did not observe Torah…
- 7.One should not give a Shabbat-desecrator the task of…
268Siman 268 – Laws of ConvertsSiman 268 · 4 seifim
- 1.In a place where the local rabbis have agreed,…
- 2.A woman who converted before a court in the…
- 3.One who "converted" through a single cantor without accepting…
- 4.A Jew who married a non-Jewish woman and moved…
+Laws of the Sefer Torah (Torah Scroll)Laws of the Sefer Torah (Torah Scroll) · 41 seifim
- 1.Some have the custom of writing the passage of…
- 2.The widespread custom is to hang Torah verses in…
- 3.The custom is to write the verse "Shiviti Hashem,"…
- 4.Regarding the custom of placing a form of the…
- 5.It is very proper to be stringent and not…
- 6.One who has a Book of Psalms written in…
- 7.It is forbidden to give a Torah scroll as…
- 8.Some say a Torah scroll should not be handed…
- 9.As a matter of strict law, it is permitted…
- 10.Invitations printed in Ashuri script and sent to friends…
- 11.Regarding the common practice of stall vendors writing signs…
- 12.It is permitted to erase a letter written as…
- 13.It is permitted to keep letters and the like…
- 14.It is likewise permitted to write words of Torah…
- 15.It is permitted to erase recording tapes containing holy…
- 16.It is proper to be careful, where possible, not…
- 17.Currency notes printed with excerpts from the Dead Sea…
- 18.It is permitted to print the words "Shalom Al…
- 19.One should be careful not to use a sacred…
- 20.The prohibition against sitting on the same bench with…
- 21.As a matter of strict law, it is permitted…
- 22.Torah scrolls written in Ashkenazic script are valid for…
- 23.Torah scrolls, tefillin, and mezuzot in which some letters…
- 24.Regarding letters of the Tetragrammaton where part of the…
- 25.One who writes a Torah scroll himself or through…
- 26.Many people gathered for a mitzvah purpose who purchase…
- 27.Torah scrolls received from abroad, found to contain many…
- 28.A Torah scroll in which one column became invalid,…
- 29.Sewing the sheets of a Torah scroll together should…
- 30.An ancient Torah scroll whose letters, due to their…
- 31.A Torah scroll lacking crowns (tagin) on the letters…
- 32.A prayer leader who was reading from a Torah…
- 33.Our Torah scrolls, in which letters are sometimes found…
- 34.Two adjacent words in tefillin or mezuzot that appear…
- 35.A scribe writing a Torah scroll who mistakenly wrote…
- 36.If he wrote "Eloheinu" missing the letter "yud" —…
- 37.One who writes "Yah" as an abbreviation for the…
- 38.Yemenite Torah scrolls, which contain several variations from our…
- 39.Some Yemenite Torah scrolls, in which the scribe engraved…
- 40.A Torah scroll written on parchment coated with a…
- 41.A Torah scroll whose lines, in the sheets of…
+Laws Relating to Chanukat HaBayit (Dedicating a New Home)Laws Relating to Chanukat HaBayit (Dedicating a New Home) · 45 seifim
- 1.The custom of the holy Jewish people is to…
- 2.The custom is that during the Chanukat HaBayit meal,…
- 3.One who buys a secondhand apartment should, as the…
- 4.If his house collapsed for some reason, and he…
- 5.The custom of holding a Chanukat HaBayit applies specifically…
- 6.It is proper to hold a "Chanukat HaBayit" meal…
- 7.It is good and proper to hold the Chanukat…
- 8.Some say the Chanukat HaBayit meal is considered a…
- 9.One who was appointed to an important position, and…
- 10.It is good not to hold the Chanukat HaBayit…
- 11.Regarding the practice of some, when moving into a…
- 12.It is permitted to hold the Chanukat HaBayit meal…
- 13.Some have the custom that when relocating and establishing…
- 14.It is permitted to move into a new apartment,…
- 15.One should be stringent not to whitewash or paint…
- 16.From Rosh Chodesh Av until after the Tisha B'Av…
- 17.It is permitted to build even a wedding house…
- 18.The custom is not to recite Shehecheyanu from the…
- 19.A contractor who began painting and whitewashing before Rosh…
- 20.It is permitted to uproot fruit trees for the…
- 21.It is permitted to hang pictures of people, or…
- 22.It is permitted to draw images of domesticated and…
- 23.It is permitted to hang drawings of human figures…
- 24.A raised image of a person showing only half…
- 25.It is forbidden to make a table matching the…
- 26.As a matter of strict halachah, it is permitted…
- 27.Since the destruction of the Holy Temple, the Sages…
- 28.Some have the custom nowadays of being lenient and…
- 29.One who bought an apartment that was already whitewashed…
- 30.The square amah that is left unwhitewashed should be…
- 31.Some say one should not paint a square amah…
- 32.The square amah left unwhitewashed opposite the entrance should…
- 33.Regarding leaving a square amah unwhitewashed at the entrance…
- 34.One who builds even a single room, even if…
- 35.Those who affix wallpaper to the walls of the…
- 36.In a synagogue and study hall, there is no…
- 37.The same law applies to a sukkah — there…
- 38.It is permitted to buy an apartment where Christian…
- 39.A multi-story building in which one apartment on the…
- 40.The mitzvah of dwelling in the Land of Israel…
- 41.One should be careful that if a person lived…
- 42.One who relocated from his rented home, leaving behind…
- 43.As the preferred practice, a person should not sell…
- 44.Some are careful not to seal a window or…
- 45.It is permitted to build a mikveh (ritual bath)…