Postponing a brit to prevent Shabbat desecration

Peace and blessings,

Enclosed here is a similar question, together with the end of the responsum of the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg zt"l, member of the Rabbanut HaRashit Council and rabbi of Shaare Zedek, in his work Tzitz Eliezer, volume 6, section 3: "I hereby give priority to your question now before me and hasten to answer you as requested. The question is: Is it proper according to halacha to postpone a brit milah at its appointed time when it falls on Shabbat, since the celebrants and the guests thereby desecrate Shabbat by lighting fires and cooking in preparation of cakes and sweets, by arriving at the place in cars, and by smoking cigarettes publicly in the presence of the assembled company? And this is my answer, with Hashem's help."

Indeed, the question is a great and bitter one, and from the lines of your letter I sensed the great pain and profound inner distress that weighs upon you, since you yourself are the mohel, fulfilling the role, and see with your own eyes the deeds that should not be done, done by our brethren, the children of Israel, who, God forbid, have strayed so far from Hashem and His holy Torah, may Hashem preserve us. Your eyes see and your heart faints, and you are unable to come to Shabbat's aid - the queen, trampled openly, as your pure soul would wish; and I truly share from the depths of my heart in this spiritual pain of yours.

But, by contrast, we must know that when we bring the question to the crucible of halacha, it is absolutely necessary for us to overcome the feelings of heart and soul and direct our thoughts so that they are subject and devoted to the spiritual faculty of the intellect. From there we will draw upon Hashem to gather understanding and, with Hashem's help, reach the halachic conclusion, so as to know the path we should walk and the deed that should be done. .... In summary, it seems to me that, according to the strict law, the circumcision should be performed at its appointed time on Shabbat, since this is an obligation incumbent not only upon the father alone, but also upon the beit din and upon all of the Jewish people, including the mohel.

Just as it would not be conceivable to say, for example, that a synagogue should not be opened on Shabbat for prayer because through doing so Shabbat desecrators will hear that there is a synagogue here and public prayer, and will travel by car to the synagogue at their convenience (something that, alas, is common in America), so too one cannot say that the mohel should cancel the obligation incumbent upon him to circumcise the newborn son on the eighth day, even on Shabbat, and the fools who spoil matters and desecrate Shabbat will bear the consequences. It is understood that, even so, one must protest and object by every means available when one sees desecrations on the spot, and firmly demand that the desecrations stop and that they wait with the circumcision until they cease. ....

Let us hope that soon a spirit from on high will be poured out upon the entire House of Israel, and those who have gone astray will learn understanding, return to Hashem, and keep His commandments, statutes, and laws, for their good in this world and the next. With blessing and love, Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg. This is also the halachic conclusion of the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss zt"l. However, one must object in any case and not permit photographs or filming during the brit and the meal.

In a case where the child's parents are also not Shabbat observant and will take pictures during the brit, the view of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner shlit"a is to postpone the brit until Sunday. Success and many congratulations - Menashe Yisrael