[Avodah] Taanis Bechoros - Women?

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From: Akiva Miller via Avodah  <avodah at lists.aishdas.org>

>> My eldest grand-daughter asked  me why girls don't go to the siyum on
Erev Pesach, given the medrash  firstborn girls *were* killed in Makas
Bechoros. <<
 
 
Akiva Miller


>>>>>
 
That's a pretty obscure medrash.  It is seemingly contradicted by the  
Torah itself, which specifies that a pidyon haben is required for  a firstborn 
boy because the firstborn boys were spared makas bechoros in  Egypt.  Nothing 
about a pidyon habas.  
 
On the other hand, according to Sefer HaToda'ah (Book of Our Heritage),  
"There are different customs associated with this fast.  Some say that  every 
firstborn, male or female, whether from the father or from the mother,  must 
fast on that day.  If there is no firstborn, then the oldest in the  house 
must fast.....However others say that only firstborn males need to fast  and 
this is the generally accepted custom."
 

--Toby Katz
t613k at aol.com
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