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size=2><BR>>>An anecdotal raayah for the same psak, would be a story I've
heard <BR>many times of where the baby's father (grandfather?) was near death,
<BR>and they wanted to delay the bris until after, so that they could <BR>name
the baby after him.<BR><BR>The rav's psak was to do the bris sooner, rather than
later, so that <BR>the mitzvah would be an additional zechus for his. They did
so, and <BR>the patient recovered. (Anyone recall this story, and who it was
<BR>about?)<<<BR><BR><BR>Akiva Miller</FONT></DIV><FONT
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size=2>Heard a slightly different reason /not/ to delay the bris, viz., that the
malach Rephael comes to every bris to heal the baby and as long as he was there
anyway, would heal the grandfather too. (I don't know how this would work
if the grandfather was in the ICU rather than in the same house with the baby
but I think the story happened a long time ago.)</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
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