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  • Bris Milah

We just found out that we’re pregnant and no one knows yet, and we were offered Kvaterin. Can we accept? 

The accepted custom is that a women who is expecting does not act as Kvaterin. There is however room to be lenient with this Minhag before 40 days, if necessary.…

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  • Bris Milah

I am making a Bris for my son. I’m wondering what the Chabad Minhag is whether I should go to work after or not? I teach music (with Jewish songs and stories) and also secular studies.

Mazal Tov. Many Poskim advise that the father not work on the day of the Bris. Nonetheless, this isn’t strictly forbidden. There is no known Chabad tradition on this matter.…

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Someone honored me to be Sandek. Am I required to pay them something for the Zchus?

There is no requirement, but it is a Minhag to pay for part or all of the Seudah, depending on circumstances.   Sources: בארחות חיים הל׳ מילה שנותן מעות ליולדת…

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At what point do we say L’hachniso and Shehecheyanu at a Bris?

In Eretz Yisroel the predominant Minhag is that everyone says Shehecheyanu by the Bris and that L'hachniso is said before the Chituch regardless if they are Ashkenazi or Sephardi. If…

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