Halacha of the Day -- Bris Milah (2)

/ A Bris, whether it is on the 8th day or later needs to be done during the day, i.e., from sunrise until sunset. If one performed the bris earlier than sunrise, but after Alos hashachar, the mitzvah has been fulfilled. If it is necessary to make the bris before sunrise (or otherwise it will have to be delayed) one should seek rabbinical counsel since according to some opinions, such a situation could be considered bedi'eved.

It is preferable that one have the bris done early in the day, after Shacharis rather than delay it to the afternoon so that it should be "zrizin makdimim." Although most poskim, and the Sdei Chemed in particular rules that this applies even if there will be less people attending (Berov Am) it appears from the Rebbe (Shaarei Halacha Uminhag Vol. 3 pg 285), that in the case of Bris, if one wants to delay the bris until later in the day so that more people will be able to attend, they do not have to be prevented from doing so.

In selecting a Mohel to do the circumcision, expertise and experience should be the main criteria.

Once a father has committed himself to a particular Mohel (after the son was born), he cannot change his mind and use a different Mohel. There are a few situations which would permit the father to change a Mohel once he has made a commitment, and should the need or desire arise the father should seek competent rabbinical advice.
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