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amother
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 Wed, Feb 14 2024, 6:37 pm
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What is the going rate and what community are you from?
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CPenzias
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 6:48 pm
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$525 18 years ago in Monsey
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amother
Broom
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 6:50 pm
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I paid 800 two years ago in Monsey
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amothertrying
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 6:58 pm
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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
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 7:00 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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amother
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 7:07 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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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 7:14 pm
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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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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 7:16 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
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 7:19 pm
Same if I remember correctly
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amother
Eggshell
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 7:19 pm
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My husband is a chabad mohel. Usually ranges from 600-800.
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scintilla
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 7:20 pm
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$500 a few years ago in Crown Heights.
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amother
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 8:09 pm
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The lowest I ever paid was 800. In town very experienced mohel the rate is btw 800-1200.
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amother
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 8:11 pm
AFAIK a mohel doesn't actually charge, because it's a Mitzva and one doesn't take $$ for a Mitzva. But it's proper to give in return, how else is he supposed to have parnassa. Hence the "going rate".
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amother
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 8:11 pm
| amother Fern wrote: | | AFAIK a mohel doesn't actually charge, because it's a Mitzva and one doesn't take $$ 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
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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 8:13 pm
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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Wed, Feb 14 2024, 8:13 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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