The מדרש writes, that when אברהם אבינו was about
to perform the ברית on himself he was somewhat hesitant,
so Hashem held on to him.
Hence וכרת עמו הברית, (together with him), and this is also
one of the sources of having a סנדק holding the baby at a ברית.
The Steipler Zt"l was questioned regarding the מנהג requesting a
ברכה from the סנדק
Where is the מקור for this מנהג?
He responded that he was unaware of any מקור for this מנהג.
Perhaps the מקור for asking a ברכה from the סנדק is from a בפירושע תניא .
The גמרא ברכות ז' ע"א says תניא א"ר ישמעאל
-R Yishmael ben Elisha said that he once entered לפני ולפנים to be מקטיר קטורת and HKBH asked him for a ברכה
We see that the ברכה of a מקטיר קטורת
is so valuable & powerful that even HKBH כביכול desired
a ברכה from him.
סנדקאות is compared to a הקטרת קטורת and therefore the Sandek's
ברכה is also considered valuable and worth pursuing. אמבצי
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