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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

1280.0. "firstborn" by DECWET::WANG () Wed Nov 18 1992 04:46

	What is the significance of firstborn in Jewish culture and Jewish 
beliefs?

Wally

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1280.1 Significance of first born TAVENG::FENSTER Yaacov Fenster @ISO 882-3153 Wed Nov 18 1992 12:34 12

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1280.1	Significance of first born	TAVENG::FENSTER	Yaacov Fenster @ISO 882-3153	`Wed Nov 18 1992 12:34`	12
	Basically, the first-born of EVERYTHING is considered "holy" to a certain degree, and doesn't belong to it's "owner" but to Hashem. This is traced back to the tenth plague brought upon the Egyptians, in which The Angel/Hashem "Passed Over" the Jewish homes. (And that's why it's called passover) There are a few "Mitzvot" associated with it, of which the most relevant one is: Pidyon Haben: A ritual of redeeming your first-born son, it takes place at the 30'th day after the birth and the father "redeems" his son from a "Cohen". Yaacov

Basically, the first-born of EVERYTHING is considered "holy" to a
certain degree, and doesn't belong to it's "owner" but to Hashem.
This is traced back to the tenth plague brought upon the Egyptians,
in which The Angel/Hashem "Passed Over" the Jewish homes. (And that's why it's called passover)

There are a few "Mitzvot" associated with it, of which the most relevant one is:

Pidyon Haben: A ritual of redeeming your first-born son,
it takes place at the 30'th day after the birth and the father "redeems" his
son from a "Cohen".

	Yaacov