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Rabbi Mendel Misholovin is redeeming his firstborn son, Levi, on a silver platter.

Pidyon HaBen

Firstborn redemption ceremony
held for 10 men and a baby.

Shneur Silberberg
Special to the Jewish News

A

once-in-a-lifetime event took
place on Sunday, Feb. 21, at
the Sara Tugman Bais Chabad
Torah Center in West Bloomfield when
a Pidyon HaBen ceremony was per-
formed on one 1-month-old baby and
10 adult firstborn men.
Pidyon HaBen is the Torah-
mandated redemption of a firstborn
son, wherein a firstborn male born to
Israelite (neither Kohen nor Levite)
parents is redeemed from a Kohen, in
exchange for five silver coins, 30 days
after his birth.
Appearing many times in the Torah,
the mitzvah commemorates the fact
that Jewish firstborn men were spared
during the 10th plague in Egypt,
which struck all Egyptian firstborn
males. This applies only to a naturally
delivered (no C-section) firstborn
(no prior abortion, miscarriage or
stillbirth) male. Because of all the con-
straints, this mitzvah is generally per-
formed in less than 5 percent of Jewish
births and is a special celebration.
The impetus for this unusual
event was Rabbi Yosef and Tzippy
Misholovin, founders and direc-
tors of F.R.E.E. (Friends of Refugees
of Eastern Europe), celebrating
the Pidyon HaBen of their grand-
child, Levi, firstborn son of Rabbi

Igor Shpunt (wearing tallit) is being
redeemed by Kohen David Goldman,
with Rabbi Shneur Silberberg in the
center.

Mendel and Yocheved Misholovin.
Many men from the former Soviet
Union never had this mitzvah per-
formed. Although the mitzvah is
ideally performed by the father when
his baby is 30 days old, it can — and
should — be performed by any adult
male who had been obligated in this
mitzvah and had not been “redeemed.”
Misholovin got the word out, and 10
adult men who met all the above crite-
ria stepped forth and were redeemed
by the five Kohanim (priests) who offi-
ciated, Rabbis Elimelech and Shneur
Silberberg, David Goldman, Shlomie
Kleinman and Mendy Stock.
For more on this ceremony, go
to www.bit.ly/1WVleur.

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Shneur Silberberg is a rabbi at Sara Tugman Bais
Chabad Torah Center in West Bloomfield.

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42 March 10 • 2016

Eugene Fradin is being
redeemed by Rabbi
Elimelech Silberberg (Kohen)
as Rabbi Yosef Misholovin
watches.

