Frequently Asked Questions

The clinic is at 16 Sumner Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11206, in Williamsburg, a short walk from the Flushing Ave J/M station. Appointment times are arranged on your consultation call; early mornings, evenings and Sundays are all possible, and there are no Saturday appointments.

Yes, for eligible patients, when medically appropriate. Rabbi Markovits arrives with a professional table and everything needed, administers the local anesthesia and performs the circumcision, and you recover in your own bed. For a newborn bris, the ceremony takes place at your shul, or in the comfort of your own home. Talk it through on your free phone or WhatsApp-video call and pick what is easiest.

Quickly. Your consultation is by phone or WhatsApp video first, and the visit itself is a single appointment of 60 to 90 minutes at the Brooklyn clinic.

With local anesthesia, patients consistently report no pain during the procedure. Afterward there is mild soreness for a few days. Most men are back at a desk in a day or two, resume strenuous activity after 3 to 4 weeks and sexual activity after 4 to 6 weeks. You get written aftercare and Rabbi Markovits's direct WhatsApp through recovery.

Cream can loosen a tight foreskin for a while, but in Rabbi Markovits's experience cream-managed phimosis tends to return once the cream stops, which is why he does not offer cream treatment. Circumcision is the definitive fix, and the free consultation is the place to talk through your case.

Yes. Adults and families of every background come to the Brooklyn clinic, and Muslim families across the borough book Khitan with Rabbi Markovits. Same technique, same one visit, same natural-looking result, and the same person from your first call to your last follow-up.

Yes. The bris takes place at your shul, or in the comfort of your own home. Call as soon as your son is born, and you are welcome to call before. Rabbi Markovits coordinates the timing with you, and if bilirubin is a question, he coaches you through the levels so you know whether the bris can go ahead on day eight.

Yes. Revision and correction of an earlier result is done in one visit at the Brooklyn clinic, with no visible external stitches and a fine natural-looking line as the goal. Rabbi Markovits has handled revision cases of every complexity since 1986. Start with the free phone or WhatsApp-video consultation.

Yes, from the first call. You speak with Rabbi Markovits himself, not a call center. The consultation is by phone or WhatsApp video, the appointment is a single visit at a private clinic, and no one else needs to know.