BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

Hope you don't mind me intruding again. I have two questions:

If you had a boy, who did you use for the bris?

Does your baby have "godparents"?--How did you decide who to choose?


Thanks in advance!

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

I used one my OB's in the practice I use--Dr. Harvey Marchbein, he has a website--www.moheldoc.com

Many of my friends used Cantor philip Sherman-- www.emohel.com

I went with a doc because they are certified to use anestesia on your baby so when Jacob was cut he didn't cry one bit....

Question #2-- we don't have godparents,, it is usually not customary but I know many Jewish couples who do have them...

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

I have a girl, so can't answer the bris question, but everyone i know used Rabbi Yehoshua Krohn. His number is 1-800-BABY-BOY.

As for G-dparents, no- that's not a Jewish tradition. I call some family friends g-dparents. They were my grandparents best friends from the old country and new my grandparents before my dad was even born. I call them g-dparents for lack of a better term.

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

I have a girl...but my brother and SIL used this doctor/mohelet and she was great! Their DS have godparents...I am a godmother and so is my sister.

bris doctor

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

I had a boy ( he is already 4 1/2 ) anyway, we used Dr. Eric Diamond for the Bris he was great. FM if you want the info. ALso Dr. Greenbaum is suppposed to be great as well . As for Godparents , yes you have them for ceramony reasons only .

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

I had a girl so we didnt have a bris (obviously) but dhs bestfriend did and they used dr diamond as well who was excellent. very personable! In terms of Godparents we did choose my brother and sister n law because we wanted dd to have them.

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We used Dr. Diamond also. He was very good. I'm not Jewish and was really nervous about the whole thing, but he did a great job.

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We were supposed to use Cantor Sherman (emohel.com) but his mother passed away 2 days before the bris. We ended up using Rabbi Krohn (1-800-baby-boy)
If I have nother boy, I will try to use Cantor Sherman again (my sister used him for her 2 boys). Rabbi Krohn is more religious and the service is a little longer.
Both did a great job though

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

we used my OB for the Bris and we didnt name any godparents

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

"I have a girl, so can't answer the bris question, but everyone i know used Rabbi Yehoshua Krohn. His number is 1-800-BABY-BOY."



i am using him too, i am glad to hear you know people who used and liked it

Message edited 3/13/2007 7:35:30 PM.

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

Thank you so much for all of your responses!

Re: BTDT Jewish Moms--two questions

I used Cantor Sherman (emohel.com) and couldn't have been happier! DS hardly cried, and healed really well. He had a wonderful way with us, the guests and the service. We named DH's sister and my BIL (sister's DH) as the godparents, so that we would have one person from each of our families. DH only has one sister, and both of us are very close with my BIL. (My sister and her DH were the godparents for DD.)