Eating Bris Seudah before Mussaf on Shabbos

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Eliyahu Neiman

Description

When a bris milah falls on Shabbos and the community wishes to eat the festive meal immediately after Shacharis before davening Mussaf, may they do so? The Chasam Sofer rules leniently, arguing that a contemporary dairy bris seudah qualifies as a casual meal rather than a large formal meal, satisfying even the stricter opinion.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §69

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