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* Magan Avraham says that you can make the bracha whether you see it or hear about it. Mishna Brurah 223:1 says that Shulchan Aruch choose the case of hearing about it in order to teach that even if you just heard about it you can make the bracha. | * Magan Avraham says that you can make the bracha whether you see it or hear about it. Mishna Brurah 223:1 says that Shulchan Aruch choose the case of hearing about it in order to teach that even if you just heard about it you can make the bracha. | ||
* The Bet Yosef 223:1 quotes the Hagot Maimon who says that the bracha is applicable to both the wife and the husband because both benefit from the good news. | * The Bet Yosef 223:1 quotes the Hagot Maimon who says that the bracha is applicable to both the wife and the husband because both benefit from the good news. | ||
</ref>The Sephardic minhag is not to make HaTov VeHaMeitiv but rather to make Shehecheyanu at the Brit Milah. <ref> | </ref>The Sephardic minhag is not to make HaTov VeHaMeitiv but rather to make [[Shehecheyanu]] at the Brit Milah. <ref> | ||
* Chazon Ovadyah (Brachot pg 388) quotes the Chesed LeAlafim that the Sephardic minhag is not to make the HaTov VeHaMeitiv at the time of the birth but to have the Shehecheyanu at the brit milah cover the whole occasion. He also quotes Rav Kapach explains that this is the reason the Rambam didn't quote this halacha. Kaf Hachaim 223:6 and Halacha Brurah 223:1 agree that the minhag is to wait to make Shechiyanu at the milah. The Birkat Hashem (Rav Moshe HaLevi, vol 4, 2:61) and Brachot Shir VeHaShevach (pg 475-6), however, argues with the Chesed LeAlafim and says that it is proper to follow Shulchan Aruch to make the bracha.</ref> | * Chazon Ovadyah (Brachot pg 388) quotes the Chesed LeAlafim that the Sephardic minhag is not to make the HaTov VeHaMeitiv at the time of the birth but to have the [[Shehecheyanu]] at the brit milah cover the whole occasion. He also quotes Rav Kapach explains that this is the reason the Rambam didn't quote this halacha. Kaf Hachaim 223:6 and Halacha Brurah 223:1 agree that the minhag is to wait to make Shechiyanu at the milah. The Birkat Hashem (Rav Moshe HaLevi, vol 4, 2:61) and Brachot Shir VeHaShevach (pg 475-6), however, argues with the Chesed LeAlafim and says that it is proper to follow Shulchan Aruch to make the bracha.</ref> | ||
# If one didn't make the bracha right away, one may still say the bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 223:3 writes that even if he didn't make the bracha right away he can still make the bracha because certainly it's still great news.</ref> | # If one didn't make the bracha right away, one may still say the bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 223:3 writes that even if he didn't make the bracha right away he can still make the bracha because certainly it's still great news.</ref> | ||
# If one's wife had a baby girl both the father and mother should make the bracha of Shehecheyanu. <ref> Mishna Brurah 223:2. See also Piskei Teshuvot 223:1 .</ref> | # If one's wife had a baby girl both the father and mother should make the bracha of Shehecheyanu. <ref> Mishna Brurah 223:2. See also Piskei Teshuvot 223:1 .</ref> | ||
