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Friday night- A Shabbos Bris:[1]
Some[2] write that there is no need to have a Wacht Nacht gathering ceremony on Friday night for a Shabbos day Bris, being that there are no evil forces around on Shabbos[3] from which one needs to guard the baby from. Others however conclude that one is to perform a slight Wacht Nacht ceremony and guarding of the baby even on Friday night.[4]
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[1] Shevach Habris 12:5
[2] Zocher Habris 3:4; Shevach Habris ibid footnote 12 in name of Rav Eliyahu Shein and Rav Z.S. Dworkin that on Shabbos there is no need to guard the child although we do recite the sections Zohar.
[3] See regarding that on Shabbos we do not conclude with the blessing of Shomer Amo Yisrael in Maariv has done during the week, being that the Shabbos itself guards the Jewish people. Admur 267; Michaber 267; Tur 267
[4] Zecher Dovid 1:30
The reason: As Shabbos only protects the Jewish people as a community and does not give protection to the individual. [See Admur ibid; M”A ibid]
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