{"id":5690,"date":"2011-03-04T13:04:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T11:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5690"},"modified":"2021-03-22T12:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:07:37","slug":"04-13-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-13-04\/","title":{"rendered":"04.\u00a0Who Is Included in the Custom to Fast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two types of <strong>bekhorim<\/strong>, and both are included in this custom, because both types of <strong>bekhorim<\/strong> died in Egypt. The first type is a <strong>bekhor<\/strong> to one\u2019s father, the <strong>bekhor<\/strong> who inherits a double portion of his father\u2019s estate. Even if his mother bore children from a previous husband, or had an earlier miscarriage (and he is therefore not considered his mother\u2019s firstborn and need not be redeemed by <strong>pidyon ha-ben<\/strong>), the custom of fasting applies to him, because he is a <strong>bekhor<\/strong> to his father with regard to the law of inheritance.<\/p>\n<p>The second type is a <strong>bekhor<\/strong> to one\u2019s mother, the <strong>bekhor<\/strong> to whom <strong>pidyon ha-ben <\/strong>applies. Customarily, he too observes <strong>Ta\u2019anit<\/strong> <strong>Bekhorot<\/strong>, even if his father already had children with another woman and he will not inherit the double portion. He has the status of \u201c<strong>petter<\/strong> <strong>re\u1e25em<\/strong>\u201d (the first to emerge from his mother\u2019s womb). The firstborn to a mother who was born via Caesarean section lacks the status of <strong>bekhor<\/strong> both with regard to inheritance and with regard to <strong>pidyon ha-ben<\/strong>, and therefore need not fast on Erev Pesa\u1e25 (<strong>Kaf<\/strong> <strong>Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/strong> 470:3; however, some are scrupulous about participating in a <strong>siyum<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Firstborn <strong>kohanim<\/strong> and Levi\u2019im also observe the custom of fasting. Although the Torah exempts them from <strong>pidyon<\/strong> <strong>ha-ben<\/strong>, they are nonetheless <strong>bekhorim<\/strong> (MB 470:2). A firstborn female need not fast. While it is true that some authorities maintain that female <strong>bekhorot<\/strong> also died in Egypt, the prevailing custom is that they do not fast (Rema 470:1, \u1e24ida, and <strong>Ben Ish \u1e24ai<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Customarily the father of a <strong>bekhor<\/strong>, even if he himself is not a <strong>bekhor<\/strong>, fasts instead of his son until the boy grows up (Rema 470:2). If the father is also a <strong>bekhor<\/strong>, his own fast counts for his son, and if he participates in a <strong>se\u2019udat<\/strong> <strong>mitzva<\/strong>, he is exempt from fasting for his son as well.<\/p>\n<p>When Pesa\u1e25 falls on Shabbat, the custom is to move <strong>Ta\u2019anit<\/strong> <strong>Bekhorot<\/strong> up two days, to Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two types of bekhorim, and both are included in this custom, because both types of bekhorim died in Egypt. 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