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== Timing ==
== Timing ==


# A Brit Milah that falls out on Tisha B'av should be performed after Kinot.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)</ref>  
# A Brit Milah that falls out on Tisha B'av should be performed after Kinot. Some wait until after Kinot.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)</ref>  


== Brachot ==
== Brachot ==
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=== Hagefen ===
=== Hagefen ===


# The cup of wine or grape juice is given to the mother to drink since she is exempt from fasting on Tisha B'av since she gave birth just 7 days prior.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 81)</ref>
# The cup of wine or grape juice is given to the mother to drink since she is exempt from fasting on Tisha B'av since she gave birth just 7 days prior. There shouldn't be a break between the hagefen and the drinking.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 81)</ref>
# If the mother wasn't there or didn't hear the bracha, the should give the wine to a child that is older than 6 years old but younger than bar mitzvah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)</ref>


=== Besamim ===
=== Besamim ===


# Besamim is not recited at a Brit Milah performed on Tisha B'av.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 82)</ref>
# Besamim is not recited at a Brit Milah performed on Tisha B'av.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 82)</ref>
=== Naming ===
# Some name the baby "Menachem" when the Brit Milah is performed on Tisha B'av.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 541)</ref>


== Clothing ==
== Clothing ==


# The father and mother of the baby as well as the sandak and mohel should wear Shabbat clothing for a Brit Milah, even though it falls out on Tisha B'av. If after the brit they continue with Kinot or Iyov or Yirmiya they should change back out of their Shabbat clothing.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 336) </ref>
# The father and mother of the baby as well as the sandak and mohel should wear Shabbat clothing for a Brit Milah, even though it falls out on Tisha B'av. If after the brit they continue with Kinot or Iyov or Yirmiya they should change back out of their Shabbat clothing.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 336) </ref>
# The father, mother, mohel, and sandak should not wear leather shoes.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)</ref> If Tisha B'av fell out on Shabbat and was delayed to Sunday there is a discussion in the poskim if they need to refrain from leather shoes, but in conclusion they should be strict.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 541)</ref>
# The father, mohel, and sandak may not shave or take a haircut on or before Tisha B'av even though the Brit Milah is performed on Tisha B'av.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 543)</ref>
== Eating ==
# The father, mother, sandak, and mohel may not eat on Tisha B'av even though the Brit was that day.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 546)</ref> It is only permissible for them to eat if Tisha B'av was delayed, meaning it fell out on Shabbat and is delayed to Sunday.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 540)</ref>
== Brit Yitzchak and Learning Torah ==
# The Zohar reading should be done Tisha B'av night with the Zohar on Eicha.<ref>Ner Tzion p. 293. Avnei Derech 15:117 writes that if a Brit Milah falls out on Tisha B'av the brit yitzchak learning the night of Tisha B'av is done with the Zohar on Eicha. He quotes this from Mishnat Yehoshua Cheylo Milah 4:13, Lzecher Dovid 3:53, Ish Matzliach (Sidur Ltisha B'av), and Mikarei Kodesh (Taniyot 9:41). Mayan Omer 18:1:82 quotes Rav Ovadia Yosef that a Brit Yitzchak on Tisha B'av should be done the night of Tisha B'av with the type of learning that is permissible on Tisha B'av. </ref> Alternatively, it could be done the night before.<ref>Ohalei Shem (p. 127). Rabbi Ron Abuchasera (Sh"t Horat Shaah 1:5 p. 603) writes that the Brit Yitzchak can be done on Tisha B'av night with the Zohar that is found in the Chok Lyakov for Tisha B'av. Alternatively, he writes that it can be done the night before (the 8th of Av) as usual.</ref>
# The father, mother, sandak, and mohel should not learn Torah on Tisha B'av as usual, even though the Brit Milah was on Tisha B'av.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)</ref>


== Sources ==
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 04:31, 19 July 2026

Timing

  1. A Brit Milah that falls out on Tisha B'av should be performed after Kinot. Some wait until after Kinot.[1]

Brachot

Hagefen

  1. The cup of wine or grape juice is given to the mother to drink since she is exempt from fasting on Tisha B'av since she gave birth just 7 days prior. There shouldn't be a break between the hagefen and the drinking.[2]
  2. If the mother wasn't there or didn't hear the bracha, the should give the wine to a child that is older than 6 years old but younger than bar mitzvah.[3]

Besamim

  1. Besamim is not recited at a Brit Milah performed on Tisha B'av.[4]

Naming

  1. Some name the baby "Menachem" when the Brit Milah is performed on Tisha B'av.[5]

Clothing

  1. The father and mother of the baby as well as the sandak and mohel should wear Shabbat clothing for a Brit Milah, even though it falls out on Tisha B'av. If after the brit they continue with Kinot or Iyov or Yirmiya they should change back out of their Shabbat clothing.[6]
  2. The father, mother, mohel, and sandak should not wear leather shoes.[7] If Tisha B'av fell out on Shabbat and was delayed to Sunday there is a discussion in the poskim if they need to refrain from leather shoes, but in conclusion they should be strict.[8]
  3. The father, mohel, and sandak may not shave or take a haircut on or before Tisha B'av even though the Brit Milah is performed on Tisha B'av.[9]

Eating

  1. The father, mother, sandak, and mohel may not eat on Tisha B'av even though the Brit was that day.[10] It is only permissible for them to eat if Tisha B'av was delayed, meaning it fell out on Shabbat and is delayed to Sunday.[11]

Brit Yitzchak and Learning Torah

  1. The Zohar reading should be done Tisha B'av night with the Zohar on Eicha.[12] Alternatively, it could be done the night before.[13]
  2. The father, mother, sandak, and mohel should not learn Torah on Tisha B'av as usual, even though the Brit Milah was on Tisha B'av.[14]

Sources

  1. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)
  2. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 81)
  3. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)
  4. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 82)
  5. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 541)
  6. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 336)
  7. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)
  8. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 541)
  9. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 543)
  10. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 546)
  11. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 540)
  12. ↑ Ner Tzion p. 293. Avnei Derech 15:117 writes that if a Brit Milah falls out on Tisha B'av the brit yitzchak learning the night of Tisha B'av is done with the Zohar on Eicha. He quotes this from Mishnat Yehoshua Cheylo Milah 4:13, Lzecher Dovid 3:53, Ish Matzliach (Sidur Ltisha B'av), and Mikarei Kodesh (Taniyot 9:41). Mayan Omer 18:1:82 quotes Rav Ovadia Yosef that a Brit Yitzchak on Tisha B'av should be done the night of Tisha B'av with the type of learning that is permissible on Tisha B'av.
  13. ↑ Ohalei Shem (p. 127). Rabbi Ron Abuchasera (Sh"t Horat Shaah 1:5 p. 603) writes that the Brit Yitzchak can be done on Tisha B'av night with the Zohar that is found in the Chok Lyakov for Tisha B'av. Alternatively, he writes that it can be done the night before (the 8th of Av) as usual.
  14. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Arba Taniyot p. 539)
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