How a Rare Jewish Ritual Added Meaning to Our Family
BY CANTOR LAUREN PHILLIPS , 4/02/2018 Pidyon haben (Redemption of the Firstborn) is an unusual Jewish ritual that commemorates the birth of a family’s firstborn child, when that baby is a son. Originally, firstborn sons were inducted into God’s service because they had been spared from the Egyptian plague of the firstborn. However, when the Jews – […]