So You Want to Make a Bris

Everything You Need to Know About Having a Bris for Your Newborn Son

by Henry Michael Lerner, M.D.

 

Book Details

So now you've got to plan a bris.....

Years ago when most Jews lived in fairly close communities and were more observant of religious rituals, couples having a baby found it easy to get information about having a bris if the baby was a boy. Now with many young Jewish couples living far from their parents and home communities and having less knowledge about and observance of Jewish customs, such information is not as readily available. That is why this book has been written. Its goal is to provide clear, accurate information about all aspects of the modern bris ceremony. The information in this book will help couples 1) make decisions about having a bris, 2) choose a mohel, and 3) understand the medical and religious aspects of this significant family event.

 

About the Author

Henry Michael Lerner, M.D.

Dr. Henry Lerner is an obstetrician-gynecologist who has been in practice for more than forty years. He is also a certified mohel. He has delivered more than 10,000 babies, performed more than 4,000 circumcisions and has officiated at over 500 brises. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Lerner did his obstetrics and gynecology residency at the University of California, San Francisco. He returned to the Boston area to establish his practice at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where he continues to head a nine-doctor ob-gyn group. He has published extensively in various areas of obstetrics and gynecology and has a special interest in the obstetrical complication of shoulder dystocia. He is a retired assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School.