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Did you make a pidyon Haben for your firstborn?
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| Yes! |
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45% |
[ 117 ] |
| No - our firstborn was a girl! |
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25% |
[ 66 ] |
| No - we come from a family of Cohanim / Levim |
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20% |
[ 51 ] |
| No - I had a cesarian. |
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5% |
[ 15 ] |
| No - I had a previous miscarraige / stillborn. |
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1% |
[ 5 ] |
| No - for a different reason. (please explain) |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| other (please explain) |
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0% |
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Tova
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 Wed, Jan 26 2011, 11:50 pm
To answer a previous question, yes, there is a bracha said at a pidyon haben - made by the father of the baby.
Someone in my husband's yeshiva had a baby boy after miscarriage (I am not sure how far along, but I think past the first trimester). Their Rav said that the pidyon should be done not publically but just with a minyan and no bracha should be said. So my husband was asked to do the pidyon; they gathered 10 guys and did it quietly in the hallway in yeshiva.
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Wed, Jan 26 2011, 11:52 pm
| beckster wrote: | What I wonder is, if the first born is a girl via c-section and the second one is a boy vbac would that qualify for a pidyan?
Has anyone had this situation? |
A VBAC is never considered a peter rechem.
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boymom
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Wed, Jan 26 2011, 11:57 pm
yes I did! three yrs ago!
my oldest brother had one and my sister and second brother made one for their sons too.
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Marigold
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 12:00 am
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No! First was a girl and dh is a levi!
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yentadevosha
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 12:05 am
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Me neither! First is a girl, & I'm a bas Levi.
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maofboys
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 12:16 am
no, - I am a bas kohen,
but my father has done a lot of them we have a whole collection of silver dollars.
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Isramom8
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 12:22 am
| Yippie wrote: | | yes, he's twin with a girl!! |
Does the twin boy have to be older?
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 12:28 am
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It was funny; at my nephew's pidyon the Rav was talking about how rare it is, and the bunch of us just looked at each other...of the 4 married siblings (5, but the 5th was in the week of 7 brachot at the time!), 3 had firstborn boys so we all made pidyon[im?]. And DH is firstborn...so out of 5 opportunities in the immediate family there had been 4...not so rare around here I guess!
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life'sgreat
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 12:45 am
| Isramom8 wrote: | | Yippie wrote: | | yes, he's twin with a girl!! |
Does the twin boy have to be older? |
Yes, AFAIK.
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Tova
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 12:50 am
Yes, if the first twin to exit through the birth canal is a boy, that baby is redeemed. If they are both boys, only the bechor is redeemed.
Marian, that's really funny. I'd hardly call it a rare event. In my family with my married siblings, 1 out of 4 of us made one. Two families had girls first, two had boys, but we are Cohanim so only the other family made a pidyon. The 25% rate is probrably a good rough stat of the chances of a pidyon. The 75% represents firstborn girls, Levi/Cohen, C section boys and boys after late miscarriages. Again, rough stat here.
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 1:00 am
no, on three counts - first baby was a girl, I'm a bas cohen, and my first boy was born by section.
my father is looking forward to being the cohen for my kids' babies iyh! we have had a few like that in the famly, it's a really special simcha.
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freidasima
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 1:20 am
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Girl, husband levy, I'm bas levy. Grandson no, father cohen, mother (our daughter) bas levy. Oh well.
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c.c.cookie
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 1:29 am
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You need another poll option for more than one of the above. I didn't have one because I'm from a family of Leviim, my husband is a Levi, plus my firstborn was a girl!
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suomynona
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 1:45 am
Yes. My 2 sisters and I made pidyon habens for our sons all within a 4 month period!
Before that I had only been to one pidyon haben, and haven't been to any since.
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shalhevet
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 2:44 am
| Tova wrote: | | beckster wrote: | What I wonder is, if the first born is a girl via c-section and the second one is a boy vbac would that qualify for a pidyan?
Has anyone had this situation? |
A VBAC is never considered a peter rechem. |
The baby has to be a bechor AND a peter rechem. Presumably a VBAC is a peter rechem, but not a bechor.
BTW, you all realize the poll results are unreliable, right? I almost didn't open this thread and vote, because we have a dd first. I would imagine that those who have made a pidyon would be more likely to be interested and vote.
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cassandra
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 3:43 am
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I wonder if I'm disqualified in the most ways- first a girl, born via c/s, my husband is a kohen and I am a bas levi.
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mommy#1
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 4:12 am
Well, we made 2 pidyonim. My bil is a Cohen, and dh asked his rosh yeshiva if it's better to give it to a karov (relative) or to a meyuchas. His rosh yeshiva said for shalom, hive it to the karov, and then quietly bring other coins to the meyuchas, especially since there was recently a family that found out they weren't cohanim, and they had done a few pidyonim. My dh said his rosh yeshiva probably wasn't thinking about how expensive the coins are!
And to the poster who said her father has a whole collection of silver dollars, make sure he doesn't use them to pay his groceries! He could sell them for a lot more than a dollar each! They cost us over $150 for five of them! (yup, so we paid $300 because we got 10...)
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miriamnechama
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Thu, Jan 27 2011, 4:48 am
nope dh is a levi
what's funny on my side all my sisters did not make a pidyan, and we all had boys first like 8 boys before the first girl was born . my next sister is married to a levi and the next sister is married to a cohen!! now lets see what happens to my brothers.
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