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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 "redeemed" with the value of five biblical shekels, to be payed to a Cohen (Priest). | 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 Cohanim (Priests) or Levites he must be "redeemed" with the value of five biblical shekels, to be payed to a Cohen (Priest). | ||
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# This Mitzvah is based on the pasuk בְּכוֹר בָּנֶיךָ תִּתֶּן לִּי "the firstborn of your sons you shall give Me" <ref>Shemot 22:28 </ref>and is considered a Biblical positive commandment. <ref>Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot (Aseh #80) </ref> | |||
==Obligation== | ==Obligation== | ||
# 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. NEEDS SOURCE | # 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. NEEDS SOURCE | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 11 October 2011
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 Cohanim (Priests) or Levites he must be "redeemed" with the value of five biblical shekels, to be payed to a Cohen (Priest).
Source
- This Mitzvah is based on the pasuk בְּכוֹר בָּנֶיךָ תִּתֶּן לִּי "the firstborn of your sons you shall give Me" [1]and is considered a Biblical positive commandment. [2]
Obligation
- 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. NEEDS SOURCE
- The Mother has no obligation to redeem her son. NEEDS SOURCE
- 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.NEEDS SOURCE
