Note 161 — II. OUR DUTIES. (continued 4)

The next important moment in a boy’s life is the “Redemption” (‏פדיון הבן‎) in case of the first-born male child (Exod. xiii. 13, 15), which act is likewise made the occasion of a ‏סעודת מצוה‎. A cohen (descendant of Aaron) receives the redemption-money to the amount of five shekels (or 15s.), according to Num. xviii. 16.161