{"id":98044,"date":"2022-11-19T22:29:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T20:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98044"},"modified":"2022-11-19T22:29:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T20:29:15","slug":"saved-from-being-sandek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/saved-from-being-sandek\/","title":{"rendered":"Saved from Being Sandek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saved from Being Sandek<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I stayed in Morocco at the home of R\u2019 Mordechai Knafo, I was asked to be <em>sandek<\/em> at a <em>brit milah<\/em>. I especially cherish this mitzvah and do my utmost to perform it, even at great personal inconvenience. But, for some unknown reason, I declined the invitation this time.<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, I was notified of the death of this baby.<\/p>\n<p>I was, of course, filled with sorrow at this unfortunate incident. Yet, at the same time, I saw specific Divine intervention at play. Hashem protected me from being an unwitting cause of <em>chillul Hashem<\/em>. For, had I actually been the <em>sandek<\/em>, people might have raised accusing fingers at me with the death of the newborn. \u201cHere is Rabbi David, the one who held the baby at his <em>brit.<\/em> How did the baby die? Why didn\u2019t Rabbi David\u2019s ancestors intercede? Were they not worthy enough?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>It was particularly the merit of my fathers that prevented me from taking part in the brit, so that I would not be part of any sort of incrimination, and the cause of chillul <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Saved from Being Sandek When I stayed in Morocco at the home of R\u2019 Mordechai Knafo, I was asked to be sandek at a brit milah. I especially cherish this mitzvah and do my utmost to perform it, even at great personal inconvenience. But, for some unknown reason, I declined the invitation this time. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1054],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brit-milah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}