SERVING PENNSYLVANIA
Mohel in Pennsylvania — A Bris at Home
Pennsylvania has far more Jewish residents than any other state we serve — and the two ends of it are five hours apart, with very different answers to the same question.
Two big communities, and several smaller ones
Philadelphia → — roughly 280,000 Jewish residents across Greater Philadelphia, one of the oldest Jewish communities in America. Lower Merion township alone has more than 13,000 Jewish households.
Pittsburgh → — about 49,000, with an unusually concentrated centre in Squirrel Hill, where roughly a quarter of the city's Jewish households live.
Between and around them:
- The Lehigh Valley — Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton — with a community of around 8,000.
- Harrisburg and the capital region, around 6,100.
- Scranton, Reading, Lancaster and Erie, each with a long-established but smaller
community.
Which end of the state you are in matters
Philadelphia is the furthest east we travel and has more mohelim of its own than anywhere else we serve. If your eighth day is tight and we cannot reach you, a local mohel is the right answer and we will say so rather than stretch.
Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania are a long but familiar trip, and Youngstown an hour away in Ohio means we are sometimes already in the region.
Central and north-eastern Pennsylvania — Harrisburg, Lancaster, Reading, Scranton — usually have no local mohel at all, which is exactly where we are most useful and where lead time matters most.
In every case the same rule applies: a brit milah is on the eighth day, counted from the birth, and it does not move to suit a drive. Call with a due date rather than a birth date wherever you can. Travel is quoted upfront before you commit.
If your son is not well on the eighth day, the bris waits — his health comes first, explicitly, and a postponed bris is correct practice rather than a compromise.
Pennsylvania cities we serve
Medical circumcision service pages, with each city's hospitals and local birth support:
Pennsylvania bris questions
Do you cover both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh?
Yes, though they are entirely separate trips at opposite ends of the state. Tell us which and the date.
We are in Harrisburg, Lancaster or Scranton with no mohel nearby.
That is where we are most useful. There is no minimum community size, and plenty of the families we visit have no local congregation. Give us as much notice as you can.
There are mohelim in Philadelphia. Should we still call you?
Sometimes not, and we will tell you. Families call us when they want this practice specifically, when their date is hard to fill locally, or for a second or third son. If a local mohel can serve your eighth day, that is simpler.
What it costs, wherever you are
A $980 professional fee, plus travel expenses. The fee does not change by city; travel does, and it is quoted upfront before you commit to anything.
Not sure which page applies to you?
Tell us the town and the due date and we will give you a straight answer, including when the answer is that someone closer is the better fit.