3,231
edits
Pidyon Haben: Difference between revisions
From Halachipedia
→Shabbat
| Line 78: | Line 78: | ||
# In the unfortunate event that the baby is in the hospital when the pidyon should take place, they should not delay the pidyon for that. Rather, they should perform the pidyon on-time without the baby being present.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 239, Rama 305:10 </ref> | # In the unfortunate event that the baby is in the hospital when the pidyon should take place, they should not delay the pidyon for that. Rather, they should perform the pidyon on-time without the baby being present.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 239, Rama 305:10 </ref> | ||
===Shabbat=== | ===Shabbat or Yom Tov=== | ||
# A [[Pidyon HaBen]] shouldn't be performed on Shabbat or [[Yom Tov]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 305:11. The Terumat 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 | # A [[Pidyon HaBen]] shouldn't be performed on Shabbat or [[Yom Tov]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 305:11 and OC 339:4 based on Rivash 156, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 337. <br /> | ||
# If the 31st day falls out on Shabbat, the pidyon is pushed off until Motzaei Shabbat.<ref>Birkei Yosef 305:15, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 304, Kitzur S"A 164:3</ref> | The Terumat 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> Even if one uses an item that isn't muktzeh to redeem his son, it is forbidden.<ref>Magen Avraham 339:8, Mishna Berura 339:27, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 341</ref> However, if one did so, albeit inappropriately, it is still a valid redemption, and they need not do another pidyon.<Ref>Shach 305:12, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 341 </ref> | ||
# If the 31st day falls out on Shabbat, the pidyon is pushed off until Motzaei Shabbat.<ref>Magen Avraham 339:8, Mishna Brura 339:27, Birkei Yosef 305:15, Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 304, Kitzur S"A 164:3</ref> | |||
# If the 31st day falls out on Yom Tov, the pidyon should be pushed until after Yom Tov, as the pidyon cannot be done on Yom Tov Sheni either.<Ref>Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 340. Chatam Sofer 6:7 (quoted in Pitchei Teshuva 305:20 includes Yom Tov Sheni Shel Galuyot. Yalkut Yosef Sova Semachot vol. 2 pg. 341 agrees</ref> | |||
===Fast Day=== | ===Fast Day=== | ||
# Some say that if the 31st day falls out on a fast day it is pushed off until the nighttime, whereas others say that it is performed in the daytime and only the meal is delayed until the nighttime. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3 writes that if the 31st falls out on a fast day it is pushed off until the nighttime. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3) writes that from the Shach, Magen Avraham, and Dagul Mervava it seems that only the meal is delayed until the nighttime. </ref> | # Some say that if the 31st day falls out on a fast day it is pushed off until the nighttime, whereas others say that it is performed in the daytime and only the meal is delayed until the nighttime. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3 writes that if the 31st falls out on a fast day it is pushed off until the nighttime. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 164:3) writes that from the Shach, Magen Avraham, and Dagul Mervava it seems that only the meal is delayed until the nighttime. </ref> | ||
