After 16 years during which Rav Chaim Kanievsky did not leave Bnei Brak for the kibbud of sandek at a bris, the gaon traveled today to Kiryas Sanz in Netanya to serve as sandek at the bris of the Sanzer Rebbe’s ainkel.
The Rebbe, who as Matzav reported earlier in the week recently fell off a ladder and suffered a fracture, was confined to a wheelchair. When he entered the room, he was greeted by the Chassidim with the singing of “Chasdei Hashem ki lo samnu.”
The bris was held in Heichal Rosenberg in Kiryat Sanz.
Rav Eliyahu Shmuel Schmerler was honored with amidah l’brachos. The Sanzer Rebbe, elter zaide, was honored with reciting the brachos.
The baby, a son of R’ Yekusiel Yehuda Halberstem, was named Shmuel Dovid.
After the bris, the Rebbe and Rav Chaim made a lechayim and exchanged brachos.
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{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}