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Blessing of Gomel Alone

Question

We had a son, thank God. My wife forgot to say the Gomel blessing at the circumcision. Should she say it alone?

Answer

Hello,

The Gomel blessing is recited only in the presence of ten people.

Answered 1 October 2024 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 219, Seif 3
This blessing should be recited in the presence of ten people.

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