pidyon haben

or Pid·yon ha-Ben

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

noun

, Judaism.

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pidyon haben¹

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