A Lesson From Rabbi Steinman

Rabbi Ahron Leib Steinman was honored as Sandak at a Bris for twins. The assembled waited between the two circumcisions, so as not to transgress “Ain osim mitzvos chavilos chavilos”.  Meanwhile the Rabbi was asked the following question. We know that Elijah comes to every Bris Milah ceremony. Does Elijah wait here with us, or does he leave and come back again?

Rabbi Steinman’s answer: Better you should spend your time posing, say, a difficulty on Rabbi Akiva Eiger…