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<p>Michl: Created page with &#039;When a male child, who is not a priest or a Levite, is naturally born of his mothers first pregnancy to a mother not descended of Priests or Levites he must be &quot;redeemed&quot; with th…&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>When a male child, who is not a priest or a Levite, is naturally born of his mothers first pregnancy to a mother not descended of Priests or Levites he must be &quot;redeemed&quot; with the value of five biblical shekels, to be payed to a Priest.<br /> The principle obligation of this law falls on the father. If the father fails to fulfill his obligation, the obligation is transferred to the son to redeem himself.<br /> The Mother has no obligation to redeem her son.<br /> The Court, which is obligated to circumcise all males in Israel when the father fails to do so, has no obligation to redeem a child whose father has failed to.</div>

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