Q. A woman that is due to deliver her newborn son (as seen in ultrasound) this week Thursday. If she is late about a week (normal in her case), the doctor recommended inducing the birth. That would result in performing the Brith Milah on Rosh Hashanah. Is it permitted to induce her on the day the doctor suggest (Thursday) and have the Brith Milah on Rosh Hashanah, or should she postpone it (for Monday) or even induce earlier, so the brith takes place before or after Rosh Hashana?.

Thank you!!!

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is not to induce labor at all even after a week from due day, unless there is a serious medical need. (See also Igrois Moishe Y.D. 2: 74, Binyan Av 4:52, Psak of Harav Yitzchok Berkovits Shlit”a et. al. for similar rulings)

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a