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==Procedure of the [[Pidyon HaBen]]== | ==Procedure of the [[Pidyon HaBen]]== | ||
# It | # It is not absolutely necessary to have a minyan at a pidyon haben, however, it is proper to have a minyan and to publicize this mitzvah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot vol. 2, pg. 315)</ref> | ||
# The practice is to give the baby to the kohen to hold and the kohen asks the father | # Before the pidyon, the father should have kavana that he is fulfilling a positive commandment from the Torah of redeeming his eldest son.<ref> Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 316 </ref> see [[Having Kavana for Mitzvot]] | ||
# The practice is to give the baby to the kohen to hold<ref> Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 317, Shu"t Mahari Vail 189, Yam Shel Shlomo Kiddushin 1:54. This isn't necessary however. </ref> and the kohen asks the father if he's a kohen or levi and the father answers no. Then the kohen asks if it is a firstborn and the father answers yes. Then the kohen asks whether he would rather your firstborn or five sela'im that you're obligated to use to redeem your firstborn and the father answers I want my firstborn son.<ref>Rama 305:10, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 317<br /> | |||
The poskim write that we aren't really giving the father a choice if he wants the coins or his son. Halachically, there is no choice or option. The father has a mitzvah to fulfill, which he is required to observe. If, theoretically, the father would refuse to redeem his child, the Kohen would have no claim to the child. Chut Shani 92 explains that we only use this terminology to get the father excited about his opportunity to fulfill the mitzva of pidyon haben</ref> This should be done in a language that the parties involved understand<Ref> Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 317</ref>The kohen also asks the mother if she's the daughter or a kohen or levi and she says no. Then the kohen asks if the baby is a firstborn and she responds yes. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 318), Perisha 305:21</ref> | |||
# The father recites the bracha of "asher kideshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al pidyon haben" and shehecheyanu and then gives the coins to the kohen. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 319). [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=1/19/2012 Rabbi Eli Mansour] writes that the father must ensure not to hand the money to the Kohen before or during the recitation of the Beracha, because the Beracha over a Misva must be recited in full before the performance of the Misva.</ref> As he gives the coins he says this is for the redemption of my son and the kohen responds that I received these coins on behalf of the redemption. Then the kohen places the coins over the son's head and says that these are for your son.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 326), [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=1/19/2012 Rabbi Eli Mansour]</ref> | # The father recites the bracha of "asher kideshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al pidyon haben" and shehecheyanu and then gives the coins to the kohen. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 319). [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=1/19/2012 Rabbi Eli Mansour] writes that the father must ensure not to hand the money to the Kohen before or during the recitation of the Beracha, because the Beracha over a Misva must be recited in full before the performance of the Misva.</ref> As he gives the coins he says this is for the redemption of my son and the kohen responds that I received these coins on behalf of the redemption. Then the kohen places the coins over the son's head and says that these are for your son.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 326), [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=1/19/2012 Rabbi Eli Mansour]</ref> | ||
# The kohen proceeds to bless the baby with the pesukim of birkat kohanim and a yehey ratzon. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 327), [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=1/19/2012 Rabbi Eli Mansour]</ref> | # The kohen proceeds to bless the baby with the pesukim of birkat kohanim and a yehey ratzon. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 2, p. 327), [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=1/19/2012 Rabbi Eli Mansour]</ref> | ||
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# The poskim differ as to whether a kohen under the age of thirteen can receive the pidyon. <ref>see Aruch Hashulchan 305:13 and Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 298-300 </ref> All agree that a kohen who is unmarried is still eligible. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 298</ref> | # The poskim differ as to whether a kohen under the age of thirteen can receive the pidyon. <ref>see Aruch Hashulchan 305:13 and Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 298-300 </ref> All agree that a kohen who is unmarried is still eligible. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 298</ref> | ||
# Some poskim say that you may not use a kohen who desecrates shabbat publicly. <ref>Otzar Pidyon Haben 6:12, Shevet Halevi 2:172, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 297, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2261 Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> | # Some poskim say that you may not use a kohen who desecrates shabbat publicly. <ref>Otzar Pidyon Haben 6:12, Shevet Halevi 2:172, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 297, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2261 Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> | ||
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