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amother
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Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 3:37 pm
What is the going rate and what community are you from?
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amother
Sand


 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 3:46 pm
Is about 500, Lakewood.
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CPenzias  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 3:48 pm
$525 18 years ago in Monsey
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amother
Broom


 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 3:50 pm
I paid 800 two years ago in Monsey
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marvinkay




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 3:51 pm
Lakewood 750-1000
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amothertrying




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 3:58 pm
Ask him directly! That was there won’t be unmet expectations and you will know how much he charges. It’s like asking a store wonder how much a shirt costs. You don’t need to beat around the bush!
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  CPenzias




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:00 pm
amothertrying wrote:
Ask him directly! That was there won’t be unmet expectations and you will know how much he charges. It’s like asking a store wonder how much a shirt costs. You don’t need to beat around the bush!

Exactly. When we asked he said "the going rate is...." (this was 18 years ago so I'm not surprised to see closer to 1k now)
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fiji




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:06 pm
$800
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amother
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Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:07 pm
Ask the mohel, some will say to pay whatever you can afford, some will say people usually spend between x and x, etc.

Personally I did not ask my mohel by either bris I made over the last few years, because we set aside a larger sum specifically to pay the mohel. After all, that is really the bris, and I consider it the most important expense

I actually found out afterwards that the mohel donated a large amount of it to an orginization he knew I have a connection to, which reaffirmed my belief that he was literally the best choice we could have made for who to hire and was such a special person. IYH I can continue to use his services in the future
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amother
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Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:14 pm
Thanks. The thing is that the mohel is a close friend of ours and says we don't have to pay him. So I don't know what his usual fee is.
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amother
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Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:16 pm
amother OP wrote:
Thanks. The thing is that the mohel is a close friend of ours and says we don't have to pay him. So I don't know what his usual fee is.


In that case I would give whatever I could afford/feel comfortable paying. Whether its $100, $500, etc.
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mig100




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:19 pm
amother Sand wrote:
Is about 500, Lakewood.


Same if I remember correctly
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amother
Eggshell


 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:19 pm
My husband is a chabad mohel. Usually ranges from 600-800.
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scintilla  




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:20 pm
$500 a few years ago in Crown Heights.
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amother
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Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 4:38 pm
Free. In crown heights.
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amother
Slateblue


 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 5:09 pm
The lowest I ever paid was 800. In town very experienced mohel the rate is btw 800-1200.
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amother
Fern


 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 5:11 pm
amother Mustard wrote:
Free. In crown heights.

AFAIK a mohel doesn't actually charge, because it's a Mitzva and one doesn't take $$ for a Mitzva. But it's proper to give in return, how else is he supposed to have parnassa. Hence the "going rate".
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amother
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Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 5:11 pm
amother Fern wrote:
AFAIK a mohel doesn't actually charge, because it's a Mitzva and one doesn't take $$ for a Mitzva. But it's proper to give in return, how else is he supposed to have parnassa. Hence the "going rate".





Oh. Didn’t know.
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  scintilla




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 5:13 pm
amother Mustard wrote:
Oh. Didn’t know.


If it was Rabbi Heller, he doesn't let anyone pay him, so he's a different story.
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amother
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Post Wed, Feb 14 2024, 5:13 pm
scintilla wrote:
If it was Rabbi Heller, he doesn't let anyone pay him, so he's a different story.




Yes it was him.
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