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==Procedure of the Pidyon HaBen== | ==Procedure of the Pidyon HaBen== | ||
# According to Sephardim, the primary halacha is that one give the equivalent of 90 grams of pure silver, but it's preferable to give the equivalent of 93 grams. <ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 305:42 based on Sh"t Yachava Daat 4:54. (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu in his comment to Kitzur S"A 164:1 writes that the amount is about 100 grams of silver. However, this may be based on an older calculation of the Darham. See [[Shiurim]].) </ref>According to Ashkenazim, one should give the equivalent of 96 grams of pure silver and the minhag is to give 100 grams.<ref>Rav Chaim Kanievsky in Shiurin Deoritta (pg 35 #17), [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768798/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Parsha_Shiur_-_Bo_5772 Rav Hershel Schachter] in Shuir on Parshat Bo (towards end of shiur) </ref> | # According to Sephardim, the primary halacha is that one give the equivalent of 90 grams of pure silver, but it's preferable to give the equivalent of 93 grams. <ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 305:42 based on Sh"t Yachava Daat 4:54. (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu in his comment to Kitzur S"A 164:1 writes that the amount is about 100 grams of silver. However, this may be based on an older calculation of the Darham. See [[Shiurim]].) </ref>According to Ashkenazim, one should give the equivalent of 96 grams of pure silver and the minhag is to give 100 grams.<ref>Rav Chaim Kanievsky in Shiurin Deoritta (pg 35 #17), [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768798/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Parsha_Shiur_-_Bo_5772 Rav Hershel Schachter] in Shuir on Parshat Bo (towards end of shiur) </ref> | ||
# The practice is to make a Seudat Mitzvah on the occasion of a Pidyon HaBen.<ref>Kitzur S"A 164:1. See Sdei Chemed 60:54 about the importance of the meal of a pidyon haben.</ref> | # The practice is to make a Seudat Mitzvah on the occasion of a Pidyon HaBen.<ref>Kitzur S"A 164:1. See [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2262 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com] or Sdei Chemed 60:54 about the importance of the meal of a pidyon haben.</ref> | ||
# It is proper that the father of the baby and Cohen decide that the Cohen not return the money after the Pidyon Haben.<Ref>Kitzur S"A 164:6</ref> | # It is proper that the father of the baby and Cohen decide that the Cohen not return the money after the Pidyon Haben.<Ref>Kitzur S"A 164:6</ref> | ||
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