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Pidyon Haben, n. phr.|ˈpɪdjən haˈbɛn|
Also Pidyon ha-Ben, etc.
[a. Heb. pidyōn habēn redemption of the son.]
A Jewish ceremony performed thirty days after the birth of a first-born male child in which the child is redeemed from being given over nominally to the service of the priesthood; = redemption n. 2 b.
The ceremony is based upon Exodus xiii. 2–16 and Numb. xviii. 15, and is not required if either parent is a Cohen or a Levite.
1879E. M. Myers Jews ii. 59 With the first male issue from its mother, another ceremony is performed. It is called Pidyan Harben, redemption of the first born. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 90 They have invited him for the Pidyun Haben to-day... Is it not the thirty-first day since the birth? 1929A. Z. Idelsohn Ceremonies of Judaism iii. 50 Pidyon Habben. The ‘Redemption of the Son’ is a ceremony for the first-born, if it be male. 1941B. M. Edidin Jewish Customs iv. 53 The special ceremonial obligations of the first-born son do not end with Pidyon Haben. 1982N.Y. Times 24 Oct. ii. 32/2 Israel has issued a new silver medal commemorating the traditional ceremony of ‘Pidyon Haben’, or redemption of the firstborn. |
