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Pidyon HaBen

3K views · May 24, 2022

Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein

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i'm a crane it's very unusual today because it has to be a boy number one if you have a girl with no opinion on ben number two it has to be born naturally it's a syrian no picking on men the breach no pigeon on men the woman can't have a miscarriage 40 after 40 days also problem picking on men then on top of that it has to be that there's no ben levy no ben cohen it's very unusual so that was the claim so in the opinion i've been you ask the father my facebook what do you want more your son or the five or the five dollars all or the five or the five dollars all right i hope he doesn't say the five dollars because the kid's 30 days old i don't want to be up i did that i don't be up all night with this kid right so barak hashem i did 20 picking up bands and every time the father said i want my son right barak hashem it's scary sometimes they have a kid that's colicky kids crying they're both parents are standing there like keep them we'll keep it we'll keep the five boxes you're the client you're a good guy we're doing a picture of ben when he's two you give him till he's too welcome these appearances the question is why does the father why are we asking him this

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  1. 0:03i'm a crane it's very unusual today because it has to be a boy number one…
  2. 0:34or the five or the five dollars all right i hope he doesn't say the five…
  3. 1:04father why are we asking him this question what do you want more your baby and…
  4. 1:35sets the precedence why'd your first child get double because that's you that's your that's that's…
  5. 2:06what is more important to you your son or money that's what we're asking him that's…
  6. 2:37that doesn't have children is not married yet is thinking right well he's talking stupidity of…
  7. 3:07and you're trying to make a living and the bills and and that dream that fantasy…
  8. 3:37like is that that or is that a monster behind that paper because you know the…
  9. 4:07know that's what that's my father because that's all i see now we get to see…

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