Regarding a mohel who is an onen (mourner) performing a brit milah

Date: 4 Sivan 5584

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Avraham

Description

The responsum discusses whether an onen (a mourner before burial) may perform a brit milah, distinguishing between a father circumcising his own son and a mohel who is an onen circumcising another's son.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer Collected §39

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