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No one is actually “invited” to a bris; tradition holds that the bris is announced and people attend. These days, most harried new parents send out details via e-mail, with phone calls made to Grandma Gladys and others who may not be reachable via BlackBerry.
While you can’t know the exact number of people who’ll come, tally a preliminary guest list so you can get an idea of where your bris should take place and how much food you’ll need. And think about the Hebrew proficiency of your guests so your mohel can tailor the service accordingly. Consider, too, whether family and friends will be coming from out of town. “Our families are both in Baltimore,” explains Shari Brooks, who held a bris for her son at Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the Upper West Side two years ago. “We actually rented a bus, which we called the Bris Bus, to bring everyone up to New York and drive them home later that day.”
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Charles
Mon, Jan 07, at 09:05pm
You are factually incorrect in your article. You write that "Among very observant Jews, it’s preferable to delay the bris by a day or two rather than cause others to violate the laws of the Sabbath by driving or cooking. " This is absolutely false. Observant Jews either stay at the family's/friends house the night before a Shabbos bris, or they walk there, or they miss it altogether. Bris is NEVER delayed a day or two for convenience.
leo
Sun, Jan 06, at 03:45pm
I have been a subscriber for a while and found it highly offensive to be referred to as a "jittery goy", I'm sure a jew would find it offensive to be called a nervous kike. The mag is TONY, not Time Out Israel. C'mon, prejudice is so over, unity is in, TONY Kids is so behind the times. but that wouldn't ever be printed. A a catholic i have panned 4 baptisms, yetThe comment you type in this box will appear on the site
