Circumcision on Shabbat after Induction
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Question
We had a son born on Shabbat, and the doctors induced labor for my wife, but the birth was normal. The mohel told me that some believe the circumcision should not be done on Shabbat but on Sunday. What is the ruling?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
First of all, congratulations, and may you raise him to Torah, to the chuppah, and to good deeds, and bring him into the covenant of Abraham our father at its proper time this coming Shabbat.
There is no basis for these claims; only in the case of an exceptional birth [-cesarean section] is circumcision not performed on Shabbat. There is no opinion or method that considers induction as an exceptional birth.
Much nachat
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 331, סעיף 5; Yoreh De'ah, Siman 266, סעיף 10).