MB2 138b: Making a Bracha on Having a Child - Mazal Tov (223:1-2)

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

When parents have a child, they say shehechiyanu, and when it's a boy, they say hatov vehametiv as well. For a girl, shehechiyanu is said.

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is the Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. He has been giving a Daf Yomi shiur for 30 years (available on YUTorah), and also gives a weekly gemara be’iyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes. An international lecturer on medical and halachic issues, Rabbi Dr. Glatt has autho...

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