I believe that for the Jews, circumcision is what set them apart as God's nation. I also believe that, along with a lot of the other levitical laws, there were health benefits to this as well.

Sam's not circumcised... he arrived early so we'd never actually had the conversation about whether we wanted to or not. At 5 months old I suspect we've probably left it too late. I think I would have like to have had Sam circumcised, but wouldn't even begin to know where to go in order to have it done now.

BW