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# [[Pidyon HaBen]] may not be performed before 30 days from the baby's birth have passed and should be done on the 31st day without delaying.<ref>Mishna Bechorot 49a says that doing a pidyon haben before thirty days have passed is ineffective, as the pasuk says ופדויו מבן חודש תפדה (Bamidbar 18:16). Shulchan Aruch YD 305:11, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 304 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3 codify this.</ref> Ashkenazim wait until 29 days and 12.75 hours have passed from the moment of the birth. This is usually accomplished by having the Pidyon Haben during the day.<ref>[https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/1943 Rav Eliezer Melamed]. | # [[Pidyon HaBen]] may not be performed before 30 days from the baby's birth have passed and should be done on the 31st day without delaying. This includes the day of the birth and day of the pidyon, meaning that the pidyon should take place 4 weeks plus 2 days after the birth (i.e. if baby is born on Monday, pidyon would be on a Wednesday four weeks later).<ref>Mishna Bechorot 49a says that doing a pidyon haben before thirty days have passed is ineffective, as the pasuk says ופדויו מבן חודש תפדה (Bamidbar 18:16). Shulchan Aruch YD 305:11, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 304 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3 codify this.</ref> Ashkenazim wait until 29 days and 12.75 hours have passed from the moment of the birth. This is usually accomplished by having the Pidyon Haben during the day.<ref>[https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/1943 Rav Eliezer Melamed]. | ||
* According to the Magen Avraham (339:8), Maharam Shick YD 302 and many others, the duration of the Pidyon Ha-Ben month is measured in complete days, and therefore a Pidyon Haben should take place on the 31st day after a firstborn boy is born. A day in this context refers to a day as it is defined in virtually all areas of halachah, as beginning and ending at sundown (the day follows the night). According to this opinion, the thirty-one day count includes the day of birth, and therefore the first day is considered to have passed at the first sunset after the birth, even if this is just minutes after delivery. According to this opinion, there is no need to take into account the astronomical month, and as soon as thirty halachic days pass one can perform the Pidyon. | * According to the Magen Avraham (339:8), Maharam Shick YD 302 and many others, the duration of the Pidyon Ha-Ben month is measured in complete days, and therefore a Pidyon Haben should take place on the 31st day after a firstborn boy is born. A day in this context refers to a day as it is defined in virtually all areas of halachah, as beginning and ending at sundown (the day follows the night). According to this opinion, the thirty-one day count includes the day of birth, and therefore the first day is considered to have passed at the first sunset after the birth, even if this is just minutes after delivery. According to this opinion, there is no need to take into account the astronomical month, and as soon as thirty halachic days pass one can perform the Pidyon. | ||
* According to the Shach YD 305:12, however, the duration of a month for Pidyon Ha-Ben is determined by the the time that transpires from one new moon to the next. Since the time that transpires from one new moon to the next is 29 days, 12 hours and 793/1080 of an hour (usually called 793 chalakim), the time for Pidyon Ha-Ben begins when the firstborn child is exactly 29 days, 12 hours and 793 chalakim old (Shach, Yoreh De’ah 305:12). | * According to the Shach YD 305:12, however, the duration of a month for Pidyon Ha-Ben is determined by the the time that transpires from one new moon to the next. Since the time that transpires from one new moon to the next is 29 days, 12 hours and 793/1080 of an hour (usually called 793 chalakim), the time for Pidyon Ha-Ben begins when the firstborn child is exactly 29 days, 12 hours and 793 chalakim old (Shach, Yoreh De’ah 305:12). | ||
