1. A student who was learning in Michlelet Bezek in Bet Hakerem wanted to be circumcised. He lacked any proof of his Judaism. His mothers' brother had documents proving he was Jewish. When the student asked for the proof from his uncle he refused to give it to him. Finally, we invited him through the Rabbinate in Jerusalem to come from Ashkelon to Jerusalem and provide us with the evidence. He agreed, and also came to the clinic where the circumcisions took place. He saw how happy the newly circumcised Jews were. Then and there he revealed that he, too, was not circumcised and that he wants to have a Brit. Because of his stubbornness, he came to Jerusalem and there became circumcised himself. Clearly, this was Divine Providence.

2. After the Brit, blessings are made and the person takes a Jewish name. One person refused to change his name, no matter how much we tried to convince him. Even seeing people older than him change their names did not motivate him to accept a new name. After the Brit, when they asked him to say his name, he said Yaakov. Later he explained that after going through the Brit, he felt that he needed a Jewish name.

3. Rabbi Avraham Genin, o.b.m., a mohel in Russia, told us that many were so excited to be circumcised that they wanted no anesthetics and the smile never left their faces. They were so happy to enter the bond of Avraham Avinu.

4. A man who made Aliya to Israel from France wanted to be Sandak. At the ceremony, he told us that his Brit was performed in a French hospital by a non-Jewish surgeon. This obviously made his Brit unkosher, because a Brit must be performed by a Jew. Then and there, he underwent the letting of a drop of blood. He was Sandak, but he also became newly circumcised.

5. A new immigrant to Israel from Russia went to the Western Wall and cried to Hashem: "Please help me act like a Jew." In the middle of his prayers, some Chabad Chassidim approached him and asked him to put on Teffilin. They gave him pamphlets in Russian with our organisations' telephone number.

6. The Mohel, who was leaving Russia just before dark, was conversing with Rabbi Yitzchok Zilber in the synagogue in Moscow. In the middle of the conversation a Jew walked in and asked about Judaism. Rabbi Zilber explained some concepts and asked him if he has been circumcised. The Jew answered that he hadn’t, but that he was interested. As it was a little before sunset, the mohel Circumcised him immediately.

7. An immigrant to Israel from China wanted to convert. When asked why, he said that some of his family members were Jewish. After investigating, it was discovered that his grandmother had escaped the war by fleeing to China, and had married a Chinese citizen. She had given birth to a boy and a girl. This Chinese man was the son of her daughter. This meant that he was a Jew, so did not need conversion. He needed only a Brit.

8. Rabbi Yitzchok Zilber told of the Mesiras Nefesh of the Mohels in his time. It was impossible to bring a Mohel to his area. The only way to bring one was for the Mohel to cross the border illegally. If he wasn’t caught he could perform the Brit. The Mohel agreed. Today our Mohels do not require such Mesiras Nefesh, but they have self sacrifice in a different way. They do long hours of traveling by plane, car, and train, leaving their families, going to areas with sub-zero weather or 40 degree heat in India. Our Mohels carry out their roles with true dedication.

9. Once someone called at 2:00 p.m. saying that they needed a Brit done the following day in the Shlomi settlement (close to the Lebanese border). After a short questioning, we understood that the parents had miscalculated and the brit should have been performed on that same day. Immediately, a Mohel and a Sandak were sent to the far-off settlement. They arrived at 4:30, succeeding in performing the Brit before sunset.

10. One day we were told of a student in the Marom School who wanted to be circumcised. Of course we agreed to do the Brit that same day. The school administration said that the boy might not agree, because the school was having a trip that day. When we asked the child he said that he'd rather forgo the trip and be circumcised immediately.

11. A Jew from the Kavkaz, Russia, where most Jews had been circumcised, wanted a Brit Milah. When asked why he was not circumcised, he said that his father was in jail when he was born. After that his father was ill. At the age of four, a Mohel was called, but he became frightened and ran away. In order to appease the Mohel, a five day infant was circumcised instead.

12. The head of Brit Yosef Yitzchak was taking a trip by bus. In the middle of the trip, he realized that he had made a mistake, and had gotten on the wrong bus. He was sitting near a Russian immigrant, and as they spoke, he found that the immigrant was not circumcised. The immigrant agreed to be circumcised, and thus the head of the Brit Yosef Yitzchak realized that he hadn't gotten on the wrong bus after all.

13. A teacher was teaching Parshas Lech Lecha about the Mesiras Nefesh of Avraham Avinu to carry out a Brit at such an age. His whole class became so enthused by the idea, that subsequently all became circumcised.

14. A 27-year-old reluctantly attended his older brother's bris only as an observer, but after hearing about the importance of the bris milah and the necessity, agreed to have his bris milah immediately afterward -- the very same day.

15. A fifty-five year old Jew burst into tears after his Brit. When asked why he was crying, he said that until now he was embarrassed to be called up to the Torah. ”Now," he said, "I feel like a Jew."