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# The mother has no obligation to redeem her son. <ref>S"A YD 305:2, Kitzur S"A 164:7 </ref> | # The mother has no obligation to redeem her son. <ref>S"A YD 305:2, Kitzur S"A 164:7 </ref> | ||
# Cohanim and Levim are exempt from Pidyon Haben. Even if the mother is the daughter of a Cohen or Levi, the child is also exempt from [[Pidyon HaBen]].<Ref>Kitzur S"A 164:9</ref> | # Cohanim and Levim are exempt from Pidyon Haben. Even if the mother is the daughter of a Cohen or Levi, the child is also exempt from [[Pidyon HaBen]].<Ref>Kitzur S"A 164:9</ref> | ||
# An orphaned firstborn, according to most authorities should redeem himself when he reaches the age of [[Bar Mitzvah]]. <Ref>Maharil (Minhagim, Hilchot [[Pidyon HaBen]] #5) quotes the Mahari Segal who holds that an orphaned firstborn should do his own redemption when he grows up. This is also quoted in the Or Zaruha (vol 1, Bechorot, Siman 514). This is codified by the Rama YD 305:10 quoting the Sh”t Rivash 131. Many achronim agree including the Levush 305:9, Taz 305:11, Maadenei Melech (pg 266, quoted by Shach 305:11), Sh”t Yeriyot HaOhel 15 (quoted by Pitchei Teshuva YD 305:16), Sh”t Chemdat Shlomo YD 31-2, Kesot HaChoshen 243:17, Atzei Levonah 305, Sh”t Nachalat Yacov 4, Sh”t Tzemach Tedek 3:222, Zochrenu LeChaim YD (Peh pg 209b), Sh”t Mahaneh Chaim EH 3:75, Sh”t Meshivat Nefesh 2:40, Sh”t Tiferet Yosef YD 31, Pri Adama (vol 1, pg 139d) in name of the rabbis of Yerushalyim, Sh”t Maaseh Avraham 52, Yafeh LeLev YD 305:4, Sh”t Bet Meir 18, Sh”T Beni Binyamin 5, Sh”t Har Tzvi 242, Sh”t | # An orphaned firstborn, according to most authorities should redeem himself when he reaches the age of [[Bar Mitzvah]]. <Ref>Maharil (Minhagim, Hilchot [[Pidyon HaBen]] #5) quotes the Mahari Segal who holds that an orphaned firstborn should do his own redemption when he grows up. This is also quoted in the Or Zaruha (vol 1, Bechorot, Siman 514). This is codified by the Rama YD 305:10 quoting the Sh”t Rivash 131. Many achronim agree including the Levush 305:9, Taz 305:11, Maadenei Melech (pg 266, quoted by Shach 305:11), Sh”t Yeriyot HaOhel 15 (quoted by Pitchei Teshuva YD 305:16), Sh”t Chemdat Shlomo YD 31-2, Kesot HaChoshen 243:17, Atzei Levonah 305, Sh”t Nachalat Yacov 4, Sh”t Tzemach Tedek 3:222, Zochrenu LeChaim YD (Peh pg 209b), Sh”t Mahaneh Chaim EH 3:75, Sh”t Meshivat Nefesh 2:40, Sh”t Tiferet Yosef YD 31, Pri Adama (vol 1, pg 139d) in name of the rabbis of Yerushalyim, Sh”t Maaseh Avraham 52, Yafeh LeLev YD 305:4, Sh”t Bet Meir 18, Sh”T Beni Binyamin 5, Sh”t Har Tzvi 242, Sh”t Yabia Omer OC 3:27, YD 8:31, Yalkut Yosef (305:13), Ben Ish Chai in Rav Brachot (81:1). [I didn’t get a chance to look up these sources but found them quoted in Sefer Otzer [[Pidyon HaBen]] (pg 217-9).] </ref> However, some authorities hold that Bet Din should redeem him as a child by gifting to him the coins. <Ref>Tzedah LaDerech (Parshat Bo) in name of Maharal of Prague, Shach 305:20, Biur HaGra 305:15, Teshuvat Hagoan Melisa 22, Aruch Hashulchan 305:11, Ikrei HaDaat 33:4, Toafot Raam YD 45, Pidyon Nefesh 4:6, Daat Kedoshim 305:14, Sh”t Maharam Shik 300, Shaarei Tzedek 179, Sh”t Meshiv Dvar 87, Sh”t Tiferet Tzvi 42, Sh”t Dvar Moshe 75, Sh”t Avnei Nezer YD 396, SH”t Arugat HaBosem YD 240, Avnei Zichron 2:97, Degel Reuven 3:17, Orach Yosher YD 27, Yad David (Kiddushin 53b in the note), Maaseh Avraham 52, Sh”t Tov Taam VeDaat 2:125, Shevet Menashe 130, Mirei Kohen 1:36, Sh”t Tirosh VeYitzhar 129, Yad Yitzchak 1:25, Bar Livay YD 23-4, VaYan Avraham YD 4, and Gur Aryeh Yehuda 117. [I didn’t get a chance to look up these sources but found them quoted in Sefer Otzer [[Pidyon HaBen]] (pg 219-220).] | ||
* Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment to Kitzur S"A 164:8) writes that the minhag is that Bet Din, the grandfather, or someone else performs the [[Pidyon HaBen]]. | * Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment to Kitzur S"A 164:8) writes that the minhag is that Bet Din, the grandfather, or someone else performs the [[Pidyon HaBen]]. | ||
* Kitzur S"A 164:8 seems to accept both options of having the Bet Din redeem him or redeeming himself when he becomes [[Bar Mitzvah]]. | * Kitzur S"A 164:8 seems to accept both options of having the Bet Din redeem him or redeeming himself when he becomes [[Bar Mitzvah]]. | ||
