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# A father can do a brit on Shabbat even if he could have someone else do it.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 338</ref> | # A father can do a brit on Shabbat even if he could have someone else do it.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 338</ref> | ||
# Regarding putting away the milah knife after the milah see [[General_laws_of_Muktzeh#Muktzeh_that.E2.80.99s_in_already_in_one.E2.80.99s_hands]]. | # Regarding putting away the milah knife after the milah see [[General_laws_of_Muktzeh#Muktzeh_that.E2.80.99s_in_already_in_one.E2.80.99s_hands]]. | ||
# If the mohel knows that by doing the milah on Shabbat the relatives will come to violate Shabbat to get there or the like, many poskim hold that they should push it off to Sunday.<ref>Shevet Halevi 1:205:331, 4:135:1, Orot Hahalacha p. 1164. Minchat Yitzchak 3:35:3-6 also seems to agree with this as he writes that it is lifnei iver for the mohel to do the milah on Shabbat if he knows that the family will drive there on Shabbat. However, since the mohel knew that if he didn't do it, another non-religious mohel would it is only mesaya. With some other factors he's lenient because of that consideration.</ref> Others hold that they should nonetheless do the milah on Shabbat.<ref>Tzitz Eliezer 6:3</ref> | |||
# A mohel who is asked to do a milah on Shabbat and he is worried about going and seeing violations of Shabbat, he should nonetheless go and do the milah.<Ref>Igrot Moshe YD 1:156. He explains that seeing chilul Shabbat is certainly a negative thing, however, that consideration is not a reason to delay a milah.</ref> | |||
==Procedure of Milah== | ==Procedure of Milah== | ||
