Did your son have a Pidyon Haben? (with poll)

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Did you have a pidyon haben?

Yes

59%

[ 53 ]

No, I/dh is a (bas) kohein/levi

31%

[ 28 ]

No, I had a c-section

[ 7 ]

No, I had a previous (late) miscarriage

[ 1 ]

Total Votes : 89

↑ realeez ↓

Sun, Jan 22 2006, 8:50 pm

it's funny how only the people who did NOT have a bechor who had a pidyon haben have a problem with the title! I changed it so you don't feel too bad!

Pearl ↓

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 8:04 am

no, first one was a girl. but for ds we did have a zohar, the night before the bris

SMG

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 10:30 am

What is a zohar? Is that like a vacht nacht?

↑ Pearl

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 11:03 am

a zohar is learning from the zohar, the night before the bris. we had it at home with about 20 men, with food and drinks and singing (kind of a farbrengen Very Happy

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I have no idea what a vacht nacht is Smile

↑ realeez ↓

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 12:44 pm

vacht nacht is krias shema leining - little children come the night before the bris and say krias shema, hamalach around the baby. then they get pecklach.

Chanie

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 2:06 pm

We had a pidyon haben. The only from all my siblings, since they each had either a girl or a c-section. My parents didn't have one either, because my mom is a bas levi.
It was a nice enjoyable part, I was able to take care of the whole thing myself, unlike the bris where all I wanted was for it to be over.

↑ Rochel Leah

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 3:03 pm

mommyabc123 wrote:

it's funny how only the people who did NOT have a bechor who had a pidyon haben have a problem with the title! I changed it so you don't feel too bad!

actually my son did have a pidyon haben..I was joking along with tefila..who is known to be a joker..nothing personal.

↑ Tefila ↓

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 4:42 pm

Quote:

it's funny how only the people who did NOT have a bechor who had a pidyon haben have a problem with the title! I changed it so you don't feel too bad!

Now that you changed the title hate to inform you but yes my son/bochur of ka"h many boys Wink

Had a pidyon haben the firsti n our family for awhile very beautiful Tongue Out

and I have gorg pics of him w/h Jewlllery layerd around him. Perhaps I will look for the pic to use as my avatar from 16yrs ago Smile

↑ realeez ↓

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 5:57 pm

Rochel Leah wrote:

I was joking along with tefila..who is known to be a joker..nothing personal.

jokes are supposed to be funny.

↑ Tefila

Mon, Jan 23 2006, 8:14 pm

Quote:

.I was joking along with tefila

..
I wasn't Joking Rochel Leah..... I was deadly serious shock

and

Quote:

jokes are supposed to be funny.

mommyabc123 what joke went on here Confused

it was a legitimate request to change the title it was sort've ridiculous the way it was b/4..... right Very Happy

chen

Wed, Jan 25 2006, 12:39 pm

I'm surprised to see such a large percentage had pidyons--maybe there is a bias on the part of the responders, with non-pidyoners being less likely to even read the thread?

Pidyons are relatively rare-- there are many reasons for not having one. Maybe one of the math whizzes can figure out the probability: Start with the fact that close to 50% of live births are female. That makes the chance of any baby requiring pidyon slightly more than 50%. Multiply that by the likelihood of any given Jewish baby being a firstborn; by the percentage of births that are by C-section; by the percentage of Cohanim/Leviim and Bnot Cohen/Levi among Jews...you will wind up with a very small number.

Mama Bear ↓

Sun, Jan 29 2006, 1:07 am

I had numerous miscarriages. The longest one was 11 weeks. We knew we were having a boy so we knew we would have a question. In the end we had an emergency c section at 33 weeks so the question was answered. We wouldve had the pidyon 2 days before the bris so I'm glad we didn't have one. And we had SUCH A HUGE crowd at the vach nacht and bris, got so many gifts, KE"H, that a pidyon wouldve already been overkill. H' knows what He does Smile

↑ sheshycoco

Sun, Jan 29 2006, 12:10 pm

Mindy, so cute, and the picture Smile

BrachaVHatzlocha

Sun, Jan 29 2006, 9:58 pm

maybe if there was a choice to vote "no, my first was a girl" more people would vote and you'd see the numbers more even??

↑ realeez

Sun, Jan 29 2006, 10:00 pm

I typed that choice but I didn't realize that you have to click after you type your last choice to add a new choice so it didn't show up!

then I changed the title so the girl option wouldn't work too well! Wink

ShiraMiri ↓

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 10:21 pm

My son had a pidyon haben, it was very special. There were a few of them among my friends in fairly close order. One of my friends had a c-section and could not have the pidyon haben. She was really disappointed. I had another friend whose ultrasound said a boy and she wound up having a girl. She was also really disappointed as her family was all prepared to come in for a bris - then no bris - no family celebration. Boys DO come into this world with more pomp and ceremony. I personally enjoyed the calmness after having a girl later.

↑ amother

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 10:36 pm

Yes, my son and my husband had a pidyan haben. I think its very rarely that both father and son should have a pidyan haben. I dont know anyone else who had it like my family. Plus I am also a bechore (without p.h. of course LOL

I wonder did any of you know how common it is for father and son to have pidyan haben?

↑ ShiraMiri

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 10:39 pm

My DH and son both had pidyon haben. Two bachores!

ny21

Tue, Mar 28 2006, 12:54 pm

my son had a small Pidyon Haben! Wink

↑ chocolate moose

Tue, Mar 28 2006, 12:59 pm

oh, us too..DH and DS both had pidon habens.

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