Your Bris Ceremony and Occasion

Bringing your child into the covenant of Avraham Avinu, and by doing so crowning your son as a full fledged member of the Jewish Nation, is a truly happy and most uplifting occasion, and therefore should be celebrated accordingly.  Customarily the parents of the baby invite all friends and family and celebrate publicly.  The Talmud writes a lot of special affects and special qualities one enjoys and receives for just being present at a Bris Milah.  The honors given by the Bris ceremony are all significant in their own respective rights, and represent a multitude of good and blessings bestowed upon the one honored with that honor.  From the one carrying the baby to the place of the Bris, to the one holding the baby during the naming ceremony.

Your child’s growth and namesake can also be affected by the way the Bris ceremony is conducted and upheld as Eliyahu Hanavi (Elijah the Prophet) attends and literally conducts each and every traditionally conducted Jewish Bris Milah to perfection, being that the Bris Milah is your son’s first and most important Mitzvah he can attain.

The Bris should preferably take place in a shul or synagogue, as explained, because of its sanctity and special effects on both the baby and the family and guests.  However, if circumstances necessitate, a Bris is done in a Hall or at home, and has equally fulfilled the Bris Milah requirements in regard to its holiness and quality.