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Coins for the redemption of the firstborn

(Coins for the pidyon-haben)

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Coins used for the ceremony of the redemption of the firstborn.

Translations

  • Hebrewמטבעות לגאולת הבן הבכור ומגש לגאולת הבן הבכור
  • GermanMünzen für die Zeremonie der Auslösung der Erstgeburt
  • RussianМонеты для церемонии выкупа первенца
  • FrenchPièces pour le rachat du premier-né
  • DutchMunten voor de lossing van de eerstgeborene
  • ItalianMonete e vassoio per il riscatto del primogenito
  • CzechMince na vykoupení prvorozených
  • HungarianPidjon haben érme
  • SpanishMonedas para la ceremonia del rescate del recién nacido
  • GreekΝομίσματα για την τελετή του πιντιγιόν αμπέν
  • PolishMonety na ceremonię pidjon ha-ben
  • Arabicقطع نقدية لفدية الابن البكر الذكر
  • Yiddishמטבעות און אַ טאַץ פֿאַר אויסקויפֿן פֿון אַן ערשטלינג
  • LadinoMoneda para el pidyon haben

Bibliography

Benjamin, Chaya. The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1987, pp. 314-15.

Gutmann, Joseph. Iconography of Religions: The Jewish Life Cycle. Edited by Th. Van Baarn et al., vol. XXIII, no. 4, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1987, pp. 8-9, pls. XVI-XVII.

Sabar, Shalom, ed. Ma’agal Ha-hayyim (The Life Cycle), Jerusalem: Ben- Zvi Institute and the Ministry of Education, 2006, pp. 73-78.

Weisberg, Yosef David. Otsar Habris: Encyclopedia of the Laws and Customs of the Bris Milah and Pidyon Haben. Brooklyn: Hamoer Book Distributors, 2002.

Image information

London, England, 1955. Silver, 3.5 cm diameter. Designed by Vivian Cohen and produced for the DeVere Coin Company. Collection and photo: Ira Rezak.

Israel, 1974. Silver, 3,7 cm diameter, 26 grams. Designed by “Roli” (Rothschild and Lippman), struck at the Israel Government Mint, Jerusalem. Collection and photo: Ira Rezak.

Coin (obverse), Israel, 1974. Silver, 3.7 cm diameter, 26 grams. Designed by “Roli” (Rothschild and Lippman), struck at the Israel Government Mint, Jerusalem. Collection and photo: Ira Rezak.

Breslau, ca. 1670. Silver, 3.5 cm diameter, 19.2 grams. Signed with the initials of its maker I.B. (Johann Buchheim of Breslau). Believed to be commissioned by Samuel Oppenheim of Vienna (1630-1703). Collection and photo: Ira Rezak.

Coin (obverse), ca. 1670, Breslau. Silver, 3.5 cm diameter, 19.2 grams. Signed with the initials of its maker I.B. (Johann Buchheim of Breslau). Believed to be commissioned by Samuel Oppenheim of Vienna (1630-1703). Collection and photo: Ira Rezak.

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