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Bris Preparation Checklist

PREPARE FOR BRIS:

  • One box of 3 x 3 inch sterile gauze pads (20-25 pads)
  • One 1-oz. tube of bacitracin ointment
  • One unopened bottle Kosher sweet grape wine or Kosher grape juice
  • One regular size bed pillow
  • 3 to 4 disposable diapers
  • 3 cloth diapers or receiving blankets
  • One baby bottle of boiled water at room temperature (to dilute wine). No nipple needed.

1.   Please try, if possible, to arrange feedings so that baby will have eaten his last meal two hours before the bris.

2.   The baby should not have any visitors before the bris. The guests will have a chance to see him at the ceremony.

3.   Baby should be dressed in a nightgown type outfit for the bris. A kippa-yarmulka is not needed for the baby.

4.   The bris is to be performed on a firm table strong enough to support the weight of an adult who will sit on it. A card table, baby dressing table, or round table is NOT adequate. Or: A bar chair or high chair next to a small table of regular height (to hold my instruments) is fine. The table should be placed near a window or any other source of good light.

HONORS AT BRIS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Honors are optional. A minyan (10 men) is not needed by Jewish law.

KVATER - A couple to bring the baby forward.

CHAIR OF ELIJAH - One person to put the baby on a chair during ceremony.

SANDEK - One man to hold the baby during the actual circumcision.

SANDEK SHANE - One person to hold the baby during naming.

MAN - To give baby wine and water during ceremony.

If there are more members of the family to honor, please bring it to my attention and I'll try my best to include everyone.

 

 

Please fill in the English sections below and have this page handy on the day of the Bris

Child's English Name

______________________________
First,           Middle,            Last

Name and Address of Parents of Child

______________________________

______________________________

__________________Zip_________

Phone (______)__________________

 

Child's Father's English Name

______________________________

Child's Father's Hebrew Name

______________________________


 __Kohen   __ Levi    __ Yisrael
 

Referred By

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

Child's Mother's English Name

______________________________

First,           Middle
 

Child's Mother's Hebrew Name

______________________________

 

Pediatrician's Name, Address & Phone

______________________________

______________________________

_______________________________

Child's Birth Date

_____________________________

 

Child's Birth Time

                                                     AM/PM

Child's Hebrew Name

_________________________

Ob/Gyn's Name, Address & Phone

______________________________

______________________________

_______________________________

City & Date of Bris

_________________________

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