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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. Shulchan Aruch YD 305:11 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3 codify this.</ref> Ashkenazim wait until 29 days and 12.75 hours from the moment of the birth. This is usually accomplished by having the Pidyon Haben during the day. Sephardim hold that the Pidyon is on the 31st day even before 29 days and 12.75 hours have passed.<ref>Shach YD 305:12 is concerned for the opinions that the Pidyon Haben can only take place after 29 days 12 hours and 793 parts of an hour from the moment of the birth. Yalkut Yosef YD 305:84 writes that Sephardim don't hold like the Shach but one who wants to be strict for the Shach may do so.</ref> | # [[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. Shulchan Aruch YD 305:11 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3 codify this.</ref> Ashkenazim wait until 29 days and 12.75 hours from the moment of the birth. This is usually accomplished by having the Pidyon Haben during the day. Sephardim hold that the Pidyon is on the 31st day even before 29 days and 12.75 hours have passed.<ref>Shach YD 305:12 is concerned for the opinions that the Pidyon Haben can only take place after 29 days 12 hours and 793 parts of an hour from the moment of the birth. Yalkut Yosef YD 305:84 writes that Sephardim don't hold like the Shach because the Magen Avraham 339:8, among others, disagrees but one who wants to be strict for the Shach may do so. This is the opinion of his father expressed in Shu"t Yabea Omer 9:pg. 251. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=427 Rabbi Eli Mansour] agrees. However, Chacham Benzion Abba Shaul (Ohr Letzion 2:pg. 153) maintains that one must wait</ref> | ||
# The Ashkenazic minhag is not to perform a [[Pidyon HaBen]] at night, however, the Sephardic minhag is specifically to perform it at night. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3 writes that the Ashkenazic minhag is not to perform it at night, unless the 31st day fell out on Shabbat or [[Yom Tov]] in which case the [[Pidyon HaBen]] is performed the night after the 31st and not pushed off until the morning. See Shu"t Noda BeYehuda (Tinyana, Yoreh Deah 187) and Otzar Pidyon HaBen 17:2. [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) agrees about the Ashkenazic minhag. Yalkut Yosef YD 305:68, however, writes that Sephardic minhag is to perform a pidyon haben at night.</ref> | # The Ashkenazic minhag is not to perform a [[Pidyon HaBen]] at night, however, the Sephardic minhag is specifically to perform it at night. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3 writes that the Ashkenazic minhag is not to perform it at night, unless the 31st day fell out on Shabbat or [[Yom Tov]] in which case the [[Pidyon HaBen]] is performed the night after the 31st and not pushed off until the morning. See Shu"t Noda BeYehuda (Tinyana, Yoreh Deah 187) and Otzar Pidyon HaBen 17:2. [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) agrees about the Ashkenazic minhag. Yalkut Yosef YD 305:68, however, writes that Sephardic minhag is to perform a pidyon haben at night.</ref> | ||
# A [[Pidyon HaBen]] shouldn't be performed on Shabbat or [[Yom Tov]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 305:11. The Trumat Hadeshen (no. 269) explains that a pidyon haben shouldn't take place on Shabbat because it appears like a business transaction. Even if one were to give the money before Shabbat on condition that it would be effective on Shabbat, it is still an issue because there would be doubt as to when to recite the bracha and perform the meal in honor of the pidyon haben. See [http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=835&st=&pgnum=41 Shu"t Zekan Aharon (Walkin) vol. 1 Siman 18].</ref> However, it may be performed on Chol HaMoed. <ref>Rama YD 305:11, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3</ref> | # A [[Pidyon HaBen]] shouldn't be performed on Shabbat or [[Yom Tov]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 305:11. The Trumat Hadeshen (no. 269) explains that a pidyon haben shouldn't take place on Shabbat because it appears like a business transaction. Even if one were to give the money before Shabbat on condition that it would be effective on Shabbat, it is still an issue because there would be doubt as to when to recite the bracha and perform the meal in honor of the pidyon haben. See [http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=835&st=&pgnum=41 Shu"t Zekan Aharon (Walkin) vol. 1 Siman 18].</ref> However, it may be performed on Chol HaMoed. <ref>Rama YD 305:11, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3</ref> | ||
