[Avodah] Bris milah or Bircas Hachama which comes first?

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From: Marty Bluke _marty.bluke at gmail.com_ (mailto:marty.bluke at gmail.com) 

>>Bris  milah or Bircas Hachama which comes first? 
 
R' Elyashiv was asked this question by one of his grandchildren  who
had a baby last Wednesday. R' Elyashiv's psak was that first you  do
Bircas Hachama and then the mila. Unfortunately the reasoning for  the
psak was not given. I can certainly see sevaras both ways. Anyone  have
any thoughts on the klallim involved? <<

 
 
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My thought is that the answer may lie in something that RMB wrote, under  the 
subject line "birchat hachama":

<<Contrary to my error  earlier, the event is not at dawn (or noon). It's
actually the night before.  The moment that the sun is in its place is
during the rule of Shabbatai,  which is at the start of Wed, the evening
before. The berakhah is made when  the sun next appears. >>

Thus, perhaps the reasoning is that the  obligation of birkas hachama 
actually arrived earlier than the obligation to do  the bris, and therefore takes 
precedence.
 
 

--Toby  Katz
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