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Mohel in Columbus, OH — A Bris at Home

Central Ohio's Jewish community is around 27,000 people and has been growing, which is not something you can say about every community this size.

The community we come to

Bexley is the heart of it — central Ohio's largest Jewish community, with three congregations and the JCC inside a couple of square miles. Most of the families who call us are there, in New Albany, or elsewhere on the north side. We come across Greater Columbus and the surrounding communities.

Rabbi Tzvi Fischer is a certified mohel, trained in New York, certified by the International Bris Milah Association, performing circumcisions since 2001 — the seventh generation of his family to do this work.

THE EIGHTH DAY

A planned trip, against a date that cannot move

Columbus is a planned journey for us rather than a short-notice one. A brit milah is on the eighth day, counted from the birth — not the due date, and not the first convenient weekend.

Those two things fit together comfortably if you call early and awkwardly if you do not. With a due date in hand we can build the trip around your date. With a baby already here and the eighth day four days away, sometimes we are already committed. Calling early is the whole of the advice.

Travel is quoted upfront, before you decide anything.

If your son is not well on the eighth day, the bris waits. Jewish law puts his health first, explicitly — jaundice, prematurity, low weight and illness all postpone it, and postponing is the correct practice rather than a concession.

Columbus bris questions

Do you cover New Albany, Dublin and the rest of Greater Columbus?

Yes, along with Bexley and the north side generally. Tell us the address and the birth or due date and we will confirm.

Our eighth day falls on a Saturday. Is that a problem?

No. A bris is performed on the eighth day including Shabbat and festivals — that is the tradition, and it is part of why a mohel is a distinct role rather than a hospital service.

Can we include grandparents and give the baby his Hebrew name?

Yes. The naming is part of the ceremony, and honours like sandek and kvatter are yours to assign. We will walk you through it beforehand so nobody is improvising on the day.

It is a real circumcision, properly done

A local anesthetic, sterile professional-grade instruments, and screening beforehand — prematurity, feeding, weight, jaundice, bleeding history, vitamin K. There are findings, hypospadias among them, that mean we decline and tell you why. What the visit involves · the ceremony in full · mohel vs. doctor.

If you want no religious element at all, that is also the visit — families who are not Jewish choose a mohel for the specialism rather than the tradition.

What it costs

A $980 professional fee, plus travel expenses, quoted upfront. No separate ceremony charge. Columbus travel is quoted before you decide anything.

Planning a bris in Columbus?

A consultation is free and commits you to nothing. If you have a due date rather than a baby, this is the call worth making now.