On yesterday’s daf · Bechoros 55
The Daf has just finished studying the mitzvah of Pidyon Haben. It is a relatively rare mitzvah, with a number of conditions that must be met before it applies. It applies only when a woman’s firstborn child is a boy, and only if he was born naturally, not by C-section.
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Rebbe at Yeshiva Ateres Shimon in Far Rockaway. He leads the Daf Yomi chaburah at Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park in West Hempstead, and writes “Delving into the Daf” each week for The Jewish Home.
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