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pp. 460-460
Redemption of a First-Born Son

Order of the Redemption of a Firstborn Son

סדר פדיון הבן

Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations
Hebrew
יָמִים וּשָׁנִים, חַיִּים שֶׁל יִרְאַת חֵטְא, חַיִּים שֶׁל עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד,
וְשֶׁתְּמַלֵּא* מִשְׁאֲלוֹת לִבּוֹ לְטוֹבָה, אָמֵן וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן:
Chabad
yomim ushonim, chayim shel yiras cheit, chayim shel oysher v'chovoyd,
v'shet'malei* mishaloys liboy l'toyvoh, Omein v'chein y'hi rotzoyn:
Mohel continues:
Hebrew
מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב, מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן, דָּוִד וּשְׁלֹמֹה, הוּא
יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַיֶּלֶד הָרַךְ הַנִּמּוֹל (Say the child's name) בֶּן
(Say the mother's name) בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁ (Say the donor's name) בֶּן (Say his father's name)
נָדַר בַּעֲבוּרוֹ לִצְדָקָה* לִבְקוּר חוֹלִים, בִּשְׂכַר* זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יִשְׁלַח לוֹ
מְהֵרָה רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה בְּכָל רמ״ח אֵבָרָיו ושס״ה גִּידָיו, וִיגַדְּלֵהוּ* לְתוֹרָה
וּלְחֻפָּה* וּלְמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן:
Chabad
mi shebeirach avoyseinu Avrohom Yitzchok v'Ya-akoyv, Moysheh v'Aharoyn, Dovid ush'loymoyh, hu
y'voreich es hayeled horach hanimoyl (say the child's name) ben
(say the mother's name) ba-avur she (say the donor's name) ben (say his father's name)
nodar ba-avuroy litzdokoh* livkur choylim, bischar* zeh hakodoysh boruch hu yishlach loy
m'heiroh r'fu-oh sh'leimoh b'chol רמח eivorov ושסה gidov, vigad'leihu* l'Soyroh
ul'chupoh* ul'ma-asim toyvim, v'noymar Omein:
One should prepare a meal in honor of the circumcision; this meal is a Seudat Mitzvah. During the Blessing After the Meal, additions are said (page 97).

ORDER OF THE REDEMPTION OF A FIRSTBORN SON

It is a mitzvah for each Israelite to redeem his son who is firstborn to his Israelite mother after the thirtieth day from his birth—i.e., on the thirty-first day—with five sela'im. If he redeemed him before this date, the redemption is invalid and it must be done again at the proper time; if after, he has transgressed a positive mitzvah. Five sela'im is equivalent to 102 grams of pure silver. This amount may be given to the Kohen in silver, or in the equivalent thereof of anything except land, servants, or a note of debt owed to the father. If he redeemed with any of these, the redemption is invalid.
The father brings the firstborn child before the Kohen, together with five sela'im of silver or its equivalent, and informs him, with the following declaration, that the child is a firstborn, the first issue of the womb of his Israelite mother.
Hebrew
אִשְׁתִּי הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית יָלְדָה* לִי בֵּן זֶה הַבְּכוֹר*:
Chabad
ishti hayisr'eilis yol'doh* li bein zeh hab'choyr*:
The Kohen asks him:
Hebrew
בְּמַאי בָּעֵית טְפֵי, בִּבְנָךְ בְּכוֹרָךְ* אוֹ בַּחֲמִשָּׁה סַלְעִים דִּמְחַיַּבְתָּא
לְמִתַּן לִי בְּפִדְיוֹן בְּנָךְ בְּכוֹרָךְ* זֶה:
Chabad
b'mai bo-eis t'fei, bivnoch b'choyroch* oy bachamishoh salim dimchayavto
l'mitan li b'fidyoyn b'noch b'choyroch* zeh:
The father replies:
Hebrew
בָּעֵינָא בִּבְנִי* בְּכוֹרִי זֶה, וְהֵילָךְ חֲמִשָּׁה סַלְעִים בְּפִדְיוֹן דִּמְחַיַּבְנָא
בֵּיהּ:
Chabad
bo-eino bivni* b'choyri zeh, v'heiloch chamishoh salim b'fidyoyn dimchayavno
beih:
As the father gives the Kohen the redemption money, the father says:
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ
עַל פִּדְיוֹן הַבֵּן:
Chabad
boruch atoh Adonoy Eloyheinu melech ho-oylom, asher kid'shonu b'mitzvoysov, v'tzivonu
al pidyoyn habein:
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ* וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן*
הַזֶּה:
Chabad
boruch atoh Adonoy Eloyheinu melech ho-oylom, shehecheyonu v'kiy'monu* v'higi-onu laz'man*
hazeh:
Some observe the custom of preparing a meal in honor of the redemption of the firstborn son. If there is wine, the redemption ceremony is performed during the meal, after the blessing over bread, and the Kohen recites the blessing over wine immediately after the redemption. If there is no wine, the redemption is performed before the meal, and the Kohen recites a blessing over another beverage. This meal is considered a Seudat Mitzvah.