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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 [[Shehecheyanu]] 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 [[Shehecheyanu]] 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> | ||
