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Pidyon haben later in life?



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singleagain




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 04 2020, 10:37 pm
Weird completely hypothetical question

Suppose an Israelite male child was first born in a natural delivery to non religious parents. And they never redeemed him.

Later in life the boy finds out he should have been redeemed.

Can he redeem himself?

Does it matter if it's before or after his bar mitzvah?
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thriver




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 04 2020, 10:40 pm
We just had this a little bit ago in our community! A pidyon haben for a guy in his twenties. It was so special!
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happy chick




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 04 2020, 10:41 pm
Yes, absolutely. It's never too late.
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singleagain




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 04 2020, 10:42 pm
thriver wrote:
We just had this a little bit ago in our community! A pidyon haben for a guy in his twenties. It was so special!


That's so cool. So did he have to redeem himself? Or if his father was willing, would he be involved?
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amother
Honeydew


 

Post Wed, Mar 04 2020, 10:48 pm
A few years ago we had this in our shul
Father and 9 yr old son both were redeemed on Lag BaOmer
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amother
Gray


 

Post Wed, Mar 04 2020, 11:47 pm
singleagain wrote:
Weird completely hypothetical question

Suppose an Israelite male child was first born in a natural delivery to non religious parents. And they never redeemed him.

Later in life the boy finds out he should have been redeemed.

Can he redeem himself?

Does it matter if it's before or after his bar mitzvah?

Absolutely he can redeem himself.
If he is frum at the time of the bar mitzvah it can be held at the same time at the bar mitzvah along with the bracha and pidyon and everything. I think that is preferred since he has a chiyuv to do so, and it's best not to delay the mitzvah.
My brother had this and it was so beautiful yet heartwrenching
I don't think there was one dry eye.....
We had to arrange a Kohain to be there and prepare the coins.
I am pretty sure we asked a rav too for the details, like I don't know if it had to be after the birth time listed on his birth certificate, or just after shkiah was enough. He would need to be already halachically of age.
Of course it can be done on a more private scale too, I just think it was such a kiddush Hashem.
Annon for obvious reasons!!
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amother
Copper


 

Post Thu, Mar 05 2020, 12:32 am
Our son was 5 when we had it.
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amother
Forestgreen


 

Post Thu, Mar 05 2020, 12:33 am
My DH did this, when we were engaged actually! It was such a beautiful experience.
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amother
Seafoam


 

Post Thu, Mar 05 2020, 12:42 am
My mechutan (son-in-law's father) had a pidyon haben the day before my daughter's wedding.
He's a refusenik from Russia, and I guess it never occurred to them until that point.
His father, who's in his nineties, was there, too.
I don't know exactly what went on as I wasn't there. From what I understand, it's the father's chiyuv (obligation) and if the father doesn't do it, then the obligation falls on the bechor himself.
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amother
Yellow


 

Post Thu, Mar 05 2020, 12:57 am
My friend's husband did it at his 50th birthday party! One of the neighbors was the cohain. It was serious but they also made it light-hearted, like she pretended she was going to carry him out on a pillow...
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