Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Yevamot 141:7

ומה ראית מסתברא ערלות הוה ליה לרבויי שכן מעשי"ם כרותי"ם בדב"ר העב"ד מחוסר מעשה ומעשה בגופו וענוש כרת וישנו לפני הדבור ומילת זכריו ועבדיו מעכבת

was in force before the Revelation;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 476. n. 25. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> and the [non]-circumcision of one's male children and slaves debars [one from eating the paschal lamb].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 477. n. 1. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> On the contrary; the case of the onan should have been included,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the prohibition of eating terumah. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> since mourning is an ever-present possibility,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 477. n. 3. ');"><sup>25</sup></span>

Maharach Or Zarua Responsa

It is not necessary for a father himself to circumcise his son; his only obligation is to see that his son be circumcised.
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