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Pidyon Ha-ben

Korach and the Liturgy

Posted on June 9, 2010 by vspatz in Bamidbar, childbearing, Healing, prayer, Psalms and tagged early infant loss, infertility, Korach, Pidyon Ha-bat, Pidyon Ha-ben, tzama nafshi.

Connections to prayer within parashat Korach are an eclectic, and sometimes well-hidden, set — from redeeming the first-born to a Shabbat table song.
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Bamidbar: A Path to Follow

Posted on May 20, 2009 by vspatz in Bamidbar, childbearing, Torah and tagged Bamidbar, Mourning for infants, Path, Pidyon Ha-bat, Pidyon Ha-ben, WeeklyTorah.

Males are counted “from the age of one month up” (Numbers 3:15).
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