It’s a Boy
(Excerpted from Tfutza Publications’ upcoming book, World in Lockdown by Chaya Sara Ben Shachar)
“Felicidades, Senora! Es un nino.”
Un nino. A boy!
Mazal tov! A boy – a bris.
But
My heart pumped a strange rhythm. A rhythm that hadn’t been present when my previous children had been born. This was a beat of apprehension, of fear of the unknown.
What would my precious new boy’s bris look like with the entire country under lock and key? People weren’t venturing out of their homes, either due to fear of the Coronavirus, or fear of the government’s strict fines and penalties. What would a bris look like under such circumstances?
