יורה דעה ש״הYoreh De'ah 305

Siman 305 of 402 in Yoreh De'ah — 31 se'ifim

הלכות פדיון בכורRedemption of the Firstborn· siman 305

Se’if 1א׳

מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה לִפְדּוֹת כָּל אִישׁ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל בְּנוֹ, שֶׁהוּא בְּכוֹר לְאִמּוֹ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית, בְּה' סְלָעִים שֶׁהֵם ק"כ מָעִים שֶׁהֵם שְׁלֹשִׁים דֶּרְהַמִּים כֶּסֶף מְזֻקָּק. וְעַיֵּן לְעֵיל סי' רצ"ד כַּמָּה הִיא הַמָעָה. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים שֶׁה' סְלָעִים הֵם בְּעֵרֶךְ שְׁנֵי זְהוּבִים רייני"ש, שֶׁהֵם ב' זְהוּבִים פולני"ש (פִּסְקֵי מהרא"י סי' מ"ח).

It is a positive commandment for every man of Israel to redeem his son who is a firstborn to his Israelite mother, with five sela, which are a hundred and twenty ma'ah, which are thirty dirhams of refined silver. And see above, siman 294, how much the ma'ah is. And some say that the five sela are about the value of two Rhenish gold pieces, which are two Polish gold pieces (Piskei Maharai, siman 48).

Se’if 2ב׳

אֵין הָאִשָּׁה חַיֶּבֶת לִפְדּוֹת אֶת בְּנָהּ (ל' רַמְבַּ"ם פ' י"א מֵהִלְכוֹת בְּכוֹרִים ד"ב).

A woman is not obliged to redeem her son (the language of the Rambam, chapter 11 of the Laws of Bikkurim, law 2).

Se’if 3ג׳

אֵלּוּ הַחֲמִשָּׁה סְלָעִים נוֹתְנָן לַכֹּהֵן בְּכֶסֶף אוֹ בִּשְׁוֵה כֶּסֶף מִכָּל דָּבָר שֶׁיִּרְצֶה, חוּץ מִקַּרְקָעוֹת וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁטָרוֹת; וְאִם פָּדָהוּ בָּהֶם, אֵינוֹ פָּדוּי.

These five sela he gives to the priest in money or in money's worth, of any thing he wishes, except for lands and slaves and bonds; and if he redeemed him with these, he is not redeemed.

Se’if 4ד׳

כָּתַב לַכֹּהֵן שֶׁהוּא חַיָּב לוֹ חֲמִשָּׁה סְלָעִים בִּשְׁבִיל פִּדְיוֹן בְּנוֹ, חַיָּב לִתְּנָם לוֹ וּבְנוֹ אֵינוֹ פָּדוּי (טוּר בְּשֵׁם ה"ג). אָמַר לַכֹּהֵן שֶׁנּוֹתֵן לוֹ לִפְדּוֹת אֶת בְּנוֹ, אָסוּר לַחֲזֹר בּוֹ. מִיהוּ אִם חָזַר, הָוֵי חֲזָרָה (מָרְדְּכַי ס"פ כָּל הַגֵּט) וְעַיֵּן לְעֵיל סי' רס"ה.

If he wrote to a priest that he owes him five sela for the redemption of his son, he is bound to give them to him, and his son is not redeemed (Tur in the name of the Behag). If he told a priest that he would give to him to redeem his son, he is forbidden to go back on it. However, if he did go back on it, the retraction holds (Mordechai, end of chapter "Every get"); and see above, siman 265.

Se’if 5ה׳

נָתַן לוֹ כְּלִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ שָׁוֶה בַּשּׁוּק חֲמִשָּׁה סְלָעִים, וְקִבְּלוֹ הַכֹּהֵן בַּחֲמִשָּׁה סְלָעִים, הֲרֵי בְּנוֹ פָּדוּי; (רַמְבַּ"ם שָׁם) וְהוּא שֶׁיִּשְׁוֶה חֲמִשָּׁה סְלָעִים לְשׁוּם אָדָם.

If he gave him a vessel that is not worth five sela in the market, and the priest accepted it for five sela, his son is redeemed (the Rambam there) — provided that it is worth five sela to some person.

…and 26 more se'ifim in this siman.

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