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# At the end of the milah the Sephardic minhag of Yerushalayim is to recite שיר המעלות אשרי כל ירא ה' and Kaddish Yemey Shelemah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Milah 8:27</ref> | # At the end of the milah the Sephardic minhag of Yerushalayim is to recite שיר המעלות אשרי כל ירא ה' and Kaddish Yemey Shelemah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Milah 8:27</ref> | ||
===Tallit and Tefillin for Brit Milah=== | ===Tallit and Tefillin for Brit Milah=== | ||
# The Ashkenazic minhag is for everyone involved and observing the milah to keep on Tefillin for the Brit Milah since the Brit Milah is a sign between us and Hashem and so is the Tefillin.<ref>Mishna Brurah 25:55, Piskei Teshuvot 25:29</ref> Sephardim, however, have the practice not to keep on Tefillin, yet those who do have the practice to leave on Tefillin have what to rely upon.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot 2:7:2)</ref> | # The Ashkenazic minhag is for everyone involved and observing the milah to keep on Tefillin for the Brit Milah since the Brit Milah is a sign between us and Hashem and so is the Tefillin.<ref>Mishna Brurah 25:55, Piskei Teshuvot 25:29. Avnei Yishfeh 7:7:8 explains that unlike Shabbat or Yom Tov which are a day that is a sign between us and Hashem, brit milah is a temporary mitzvah and doesn't not require removing tefillin. Siach Tzadikim (Brit Milah p. 145) quotes the practice of the Satmer Rebbe to remove his tefillin for milah because the brit milah is a sign like Shabbat and tefillin is also a sign.</ref> Sephardim, however, have the practice not to keep on Tefillin, yet those who do have the practice to leave on Tefillin have what to rely upon.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot 2:7:2)</ref> | ||
#If the milah is on a Rosh Chodesh and the congregation already took off their tefillin many hold that they should not put it back on for the Brit Milah. The Ashkenazic minhag is that the father of the baby, the Mohel, and Sandak put back on their tefillin,<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 25:29</ref> while Sephardim have the practice not to put them back on.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot 2:7:2)</ref> | #If the milah is on a Rosh Chodesh and the congregation already took off their tefillin many hold that they should not put it back on for the Brit Milah. The Ashkenazic minhag is that the father of the baby, the Mohel, and Sandak put back on their tefillin,<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 25:29</ref> while Sephardim have the practice not to put them back on.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot 2:7:2)</ref> | ||
# The minhag is for sandak and father of the baby to wear a tallit during the brit milah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot 2:7:2)</ref> | # The minhag is for sandak and father of the baby to wear a tallit during the brit milah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot 2:7:2)</ref> | ||
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===Meat or Dairy=== | ===Meat or Dairy=== | ||
# Ideally the meal should have meat but one fulfills the minhag even with chicken or fish.<ref>Magen Avraham 249:6 citing the Maharshal requires meat for a brit milah meal. Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot 2:11:3 based on Taamei Haminhagim writes that the meal should have meat initially but if that's not possible it could have chicken or fish. Rabbenu Bechay Beresheet 21:8 writes that the minhag to have a seuda after a Brit Milah is based on the party Avraham made for Yitzchak and the midrash writes that the party was for fact he was able to give Yitzchak a Milah. </ref> | # Ideally the meal should have meat but one fulfills the minhag even with chicken or fish.<ref>Magen Avraham 249:6 citing the Maharshal requires meat for a brit milah meal. Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot 2:11:3 based on Taamei Haminhagim writes that the meal should have meat initially but if that's not possible it could have chicken or fish. Rabbenu Bechay Beresheet 21:8 writes that the minhag to have a seuda after a Brit Milah is based on the party Avraham made for Yitzchak and the midrash writes that the party was for fact he was able to give Yitzchak a Milah. </ref> | ||
# Those who are lenient to have dairy for the milah meal should at least serve wine.<ref>[http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-56-January-31-2021.pdf Rav Schachter (Corona teshuva #56)]</ref> | |||
===Bread=== | ===Bread=== | ||
# The meal should be a bread meal.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot 2:11:3</ref> | # The meal should be a bread meal.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot 2:11:3</ref> | ||
