Q. See question above. As the Rov of a Shul should I be nervous that this will set a precedent in how people do a Bris in the future?

A. On question 3898 we wrote: “Usually, any Zoom contact does not contribute to mitzvos that require a minyan. On question 2845 regarding saying Tashlich during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva via zoom we wrote: Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one should not.

The reason is that reciting Tashlich next to a body of flowing water is similar to other mitzvos, where the presence of the article, place or situation that brings about a blessing or Tefila, has to be real. After all one recites a brocho only on real lightning or thunder, kiddush levana only on actually seeing the moon and not a picture or reflection or listening to the Megila and answering Kedusha or Kaddish only when the voices are real and present.”

Indeed, one of the concerns would be that this will set a precedent in how people do a Bris or similar mitzvos.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller Horav, Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a