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אין נימולין אלא ביום, שלא בזמנו — נימולין ביום ובלילה. מאי לאו, בהא קמיפלגי: דמר סבר משוך דאורייתא, ומר סבר משוך דרבנן.
they may be circumcised only during the day. However, if the circumcision is performed not at its appropriate time, they may be circumcised either during the day or at night. What, is it not the case that they disagree about the following: One Sage, the Rabbis, holds that the obligation to circumcise one whose foreskin was drawn forward is by Torah law, and therefore he must be circumcised during the day despite the fact that the procedure is not performed at the proper time, and one Sage, R' Elazar bar Shimon, holds that the circumcision of one whose foreskin was drawn forward is by rabbinic law.
ותסברא? קטן שעבר זמנו מי איכא למאן דאמר דרבנן?
The Talmud rejects this suggestion: And how can you understand the disagreement in that way? With regard to a child whose appropriate time for circumcision has already passed, is there anyone who says that the obligation to circumcise him is only by rabbinic law? Even after the 8th day, there is certainly a Torah obligation to circumcise him, and yet the tanna’im disagree about this case as well.
אלא, דכולי עלמא: משוך — דרבנן, וקטן שעבר זמנו — דאורייתא. והכא בהא קמיפלגי: מר סבר דרשינן ״וביום״, ומר סבר לא דרשינן ״וביום״.
Rather, everyone agrees that the obligation to circumcise one whose foreskin was drawn forward is by rabbinic law, and that the obligation to circumcise a child whose appropriate time for circumcision has already passed is by Torah law. And here they disagree with regard to the following: One Sage holds that we expound the phrase “and on the day” in the verse “And on the 8th day the flesh of his foreskin should be circumcised” (Leviticus 12:3). The superfluous word “and” indicates that even if the child was not circumcised on the 8th day, the procedure must still be performed during the day. And one Sage, R' Elazar bar Shimon, holds that we do not expound the phrase “and on the day,” and therefore a circumcision must be performed during the day only when it takes place on the 8th day, but afterward it may be performed even at night.