By COLlive reporter

In a radio interview that left listeners stunned, international Jewish music star Gad Elbaz revealed a deeply personal chapter of his life that only recently came to light.

Speaking with Menachem Toker on Kol Chai radio, Elbaz shared that at age 39, he discovered he had never undergone a bris milah.

“I went my whole life believing I’d had a bris as a baby,” Elbaz said. It wasn’t until years later, after his divorce, that he began to question it.

“My parents were secular, and the mohel was older,” he explained. “At some point, I just felt like I needed to look into it and make sure.”

He reached out to a trusted friend who serves as a sandak and asked for guidance. The result was shocking. “He checked and it turned out I had been uncircumcised my whole life,” Elbaz said. “I had a bris at 39.”

Toker, visibly stunned during the broadcast, responded that he could hardly believe what he was hearing.

For Elbaz, the experience was far more than a medical procedure. He described it as a turning point that reshaped his outlook on life and his relationship with Hashem. “It changed my life completely,” he said. “I felt that Hashem was choosing me, and I was choosing Him. Now I have a bris with Him.”

For a singer whose music has long expressed deep Jewish faith and identity, the moment marked a powerful and personal milestone—one that, he says, gave new meaning to the words he has been singing for decades.

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