Blessed is he who comes.

וַיְדַבֵּר The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Pinehas the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron the priest, turned back My rage from the children of Israel, when he was zealous for Me among them, and I did not annihilate the children of Israel in My own zeal. And so tell him, that I now give him My covenant for peace.

Mohel: Happy are those You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts.

All: May we be sated with the goodness of Your House, Your holy Temple.

אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.

Listen, Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is One.

The LORD is King, the LORD was King, the LORD shall be King for ever and all time.

LORD, please, save us. LORD, please, grant us success.

This is the throne of Elijah the prophet, may he be remembered for good.

לִישׁוּעָתְךָ For Your salvation I wait, O LORD. I await Your deliverance, LORD, and I observe Your commandments. Elijah, angel of the covenant, behold: yours is before you. Stand at my right hand and be close to me. I await Your deliverance, LORD. I rejoice in Your word like one who finds much spoil. Those who love Your Torah have great peace, and there is no stumbling block before them. Happy are those You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts.

May we be sated with the goodness of Your House, Your holy Temple.

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has made us holy through His commandments, and has commanded us concerning circumcision.

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has made us holy through His commandments, and has commanded us to bring him [our son] into the covenant of Abraham, our father.

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has given us life, sustained us, and brought us to this time.

אָמֵן Amen. Just as he has entered into the covenant, so may he enter into Torah, marriage and good deeds.

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who made the beloved one [Isaac] holy from the womb, marked the decree of circumcision in his flesh, and gave his descendants the seal and sign of the holy covenant. As a reward for this, the living God, our Portion, our Rock, did order deliverance from destruction for the beloved of our flesh, for the sake of His covenant that He set in our flesh. Blessed are You, LORD, who establishes the covenant.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ Our God and God of our fathers, preserve this child to his father and mother, and let his name be called in Israel (baby’s name son of father’s name). May the father rejoice in the issue of his body, and the mother be glad with the fruit of her womb, as is written, “May your father and mother rejoice, and she who bore you be glad.” And it is said, “Then I passed by you and saw you downtrodden in your blood, and I said to you: In your blood, live; and I said to you: In your blood, live.”

וְנֶאֱמַר And it is said, “He remembered His covenant for ever; the word He ordained for a thousand generations; the covenant He made with Abraham and gave on oath to Isaac, confirming it as a statute for Jacob, an everlasting covenant for Israel.” And it is said, “And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac at the age of eight days, as God had commanded him.” Thank the LORD for He is good; His loving-kindness is for ever.

Thank the LORD for He is good; His loving-kindness is for ever.

May this child (baby’s name son of father’s name) become great. Just as he has entered into the covenant, so may he enter into Torah, marriage and good deeds.

BIRKAT HAMAZON AT A BRIT MILA

Leader Gentlemen, let us say grace. Others May the name of the LORD be blessed from now and for ever. Leader May the name of the LORD be blessed from now and for ever.

Leader then others We give thanks to Your name among the faithful. Blessed are you to the LORD.

Leader With permission of the Almighty, awesome and revered, a refuge in times of trouble, Almighty, girded with strength – majestic on high, the LORD.

Others We give thanks to Your name among the faithful. Blessed are you to the LORD.

Leader With permission of the holy Torah, pure and clear, given to us as a heritage by Moses the servant of the LORD.

Others We give thanks to Your name among the faithful. Blessed are you to the LORD.

Leader With permission of the priests, the Levites, I call upon the God of the Hebrews, declaring His glory to the furthest isles, and offering blessings to the LORD.

Others We give thanks to Your name among the faithful. Blessed are you to the LORD.

Leader With the permission of the rabbis, teachers and friends, I open my lips with song, saying from my innermost being: “Blessed is he that comes in the name of the LORD.”

Others We give thanks to Your name among the faithful. Blessed are you to the LORD.

Leader With your permission, my masters and teachers, let us bless (*in a minyan:*our God,) the One from whose food we have eaten. Others Blessed be (in a minyan: our God,) the One from whose food we have eaten, and by whose goodness we live. Leader Blessed be (in a minyan: our God,) the One from whose food we have eaten, and by whose goodness we live. Blessed be He, and blessed be His name.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One bless the father and mother of this child. May they be worthy to raise him, educate him, and train him in wisdom. From this eighth day onward may his blood be accepted, and may the LORD his God be with him always.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One bless him [the Sandak] who assisted in the covenant of circumcision and rejoiced to do this pious deed. May God doubly reward him for his deed, exalting him ever higher.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One bless the tender child, circumcised on his eighth day. May his heart and hands be firm with God, and may he be worthy to witness the Divine Presence three times a year.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One bless him who performed the circumcision, and fulfilled every part of the precept. The service of the faint-hearted would not be acceptable if he failed to perform the three essentials of the precept.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One send us His anointed, blameless in life, through the merit of this child groomed by the blood of circumcision, to proclaim good news and consolations to the unique people scattered and dispersed among the nations.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One send us the righteous priest, who was taken into hiding, until a throne, bright as the sun, radiant as a diamond, is prepared for him; the prophet who covered his face with his mantle and wrapped himself in it [when God declared]: My covenant is with him for life and peace.