pidyon haben

or Pid·yon ha-Ben

[ Sephardic Hebrew peed-yawnhah-ben; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English pid-yuhn hah-ben ]

nounJudaism.
  1. the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.

Origin of pidyon haben

1
From Hebrew pidyōn habbēn literally, “redemption of the son”

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