Editing Pidyon haben (section)

===Exemptions===
Redemption is required for "the first to exit the womb" ({{Bibleverse|Exodus|13:2|HE}}) so it is not performed if a daughter is born first. If a woman gives birth to a second son vaginally when the first son was born by caesarean section, that child is not redeemed either.<ref>''[[Shulchan Aruch]]'' ''[[Yoreh De'ah]]'' 305:24</ref> Also, a first-born male does not require redemption if his birth was preceded by an earlier miscarriage by the mother that occurred after the third month of pregnancy. However, if the miscarriage occurred during the first 40&nbsp;days of pregnancy, redemption is required. If the previous miscarriage occurred after forty days, but before the fetus developed distinguishing characteristics, redemption of the first-born is still required, but the blessing said by the father is omitted.<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Donin | first = Hayim Halevy
 | year = 1972
 | title = To be a Jew
 | publisher = Basic Books
 | isbn = 0-465-08624-1
 | pages = 277
 | url = https://archive.org/details/tobejewguideto00doni
 | url-access = registration}}</ref>

The procedure does not apply when the father is a [[kohen]] or [[Levite]], and does not normally apply when the mother is the daughter of one.<ref>''[[Shulkhan Arukh]]'' ''[[Yoreh De'ah]]'' 305:18</ref> The reason is that the Levites, as substitutes for the first-born, are pledged to minister and assist the ''kohanim'' in divine service, and cannot be redeemed from this service obligation.

The first-born son from a Levite's daughter is not redeemed (whether or not the father is Jewish).<ref>''[[Shulchan Aruch]]'' 305:18</ref> Similarly, the first-born son of a kohen's daughter, as long as the father is Jewish.<ref>If the father is non-Jewish, ''pidyon haben'' is required. Timing may require the boy to await Bar Mitzvah. See ''[[Igros Moshe]]'' Y.D. 195; {{cite periodical
 |title=Torah Tidbits, Parshat Chukat 5762
 |periodical=NCSY Newsletter
 |publisher=Orthodox Union (ou.org)
 |url=http://www.ou.org/torah/tt/5762/chukat62/pp.htm
 |access-date=17 March 2018
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064308/http://www.ou.org/torah/tt/5762/chukat62/pp.htm
 |archive-date=6 June 2011
}}</ref>