pidyon haben

or Pid·yon ha-Ben

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

/ Sephardic Hebrew pidˈyɔn hɑˈbɛn; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈpɪd yən hɑˈbɛn /

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noun Judaism.

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.

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Origin of pidyon haben

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

Words nearby pidyon haben

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How to use pidyon haben in a sentence

Haben Girma starts our phone call with an explanation of how she will hear me.
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Die Meister haben hinlnglich fr die letztere gesorgt; haltet euch an diese.
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Man mte hundert Menschenleben haben, wenn man nur alles Gute, was da ist, kennen lernen wollte.
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The entries were made by numbers, not by titles, and each time she skipped the number of Soll und Haben.
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He immediately heard the equerry on the right cry out Was haben sie gesehn?
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Zurich,” said Jack, “and wir haben sehr wenig time to spare; you want to look lively.
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