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Pidyon Haben -Redeeming of First Born Male Child Pidyon HaBen (Hebrew: פדיון הבן; trans. Redemption of the Son) is one of the rarest performed rituals in Judaism, whereby a firstborn son is redeemed from a Kohen so that the boy is released from his obligation to serve in the Beit Hamikdash, the Holdy Temple in Jerusalem. Although there is no Temple in Jerusalem nowadays the ceremony is still observed by Orthodox and Conservative Jews. The ritual of Pidyon Haben goes back to the early days of the Israelites. Way back, at the time of the people of Israel's Egyptian exile, the Jewish firstborn males were spared from the Plague of the Firstborn that struck the Egyptians and were then sanctified priestly class and inducted into God's service. However, when the Jews – firstborn included – served the Golden Calf in the desert, the priesthood status of the firstborn status was forfeited, and transferred to the tribe of Levi. The assignment of service God in the holy temple was granted to the tribe of Levi, as they, and particularly the children of Aaron, were the only tribe that did not participate in the Golden Calf affair. The reason for the rarity of this ritual stems from the fact that only one in 50 male children born to Jewish homes actually qualify for the ceremony. The following factors must be applicable, for a father of a newborn to partake in the ceremony of Pidyon Haben:
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