Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Shabbat 270:2

איני והא איתמר יוצא דופן ומי שיש לו שתי ערלות רב הונא ורב חייא בר רב חד אמר מחללין עליו את השבת וחד אמר אין מחללין עד כאן לא פליגי אלא לחלל עליו את השבת אבל לשמנה ודאי מהלינן ליה הא בהא תליא

But that is not so? for it was stated: If one is extracted through the cesarean section, or has two foreskins,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two skins on top of each other. Or, two separate membra. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>

Rashi on Shabbat

Two Foreskins - two foreskins, one on top of the other. Some say [it means] two penises.
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Rosh on Shabbat

The Rosh begins by quoting the Talmudic sugya on 135b, and then says: The argument of Rav Huna and Rav Hiya bar Rav revolves on this point. The one who says that we don't override Shabbat to do a Brit for a baby born through Caesarean or double-foreskin is agreeing with Rabbi Assi. But this is a minority opinion. Since we projected this debate onto the Beraita('ketanai'), and the rabbis seem to disagree with Rabbi Hama, and say that a child born to a slave-woman who hasn't immersed and is therefore not impure nonetheless has his Brit on the eighth day - this indicates that the Rabbis didn't hold like Rabbi Assi. And these Amoraim who argue simply never heard of the Beraita, because if they had heard of it, they wouldn't have simply said their statements, but would have quoted their source. Since they hadn't heard of it, perhaps if they had known it they would have simply followed the Rabbis on this point, because the halacha always follows the majority. However, the "Halachot Gedolot" is unsure about how to rule on this point. And therefore, because there is doubt, then we rule as follows: we do a circumcision on the eighth day, but not if it falls on Shabbat.
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