Wednesday, September 5, 2018

number - Pidyon HaBen rate


About how many pidyon haben ceremonies are required to be performed per 1000 Jewish births in the past few decades?


The requirements for a pidyon haben are:



  • Both parents are Israel, not Kohen or Levi.

  • Son is firstborn of the mother.

  • No miscarraiges (after day 40 or 39) or stillbirths before the son.

  • Vaginal birth.



One way to approximate this figure would be to multiply those statistics:



(PIsrael)2 * Pmale * (1−Pearlier miscarraige or stillbirth) * Pvaginal birth



Or, perhaps a better formula...



(PIsrael)2 * Pfirstborn is a male live birth * Pvaginal birth



Anyone have numbers on these?





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