Shalom Zachar
Gathering in Ashkenazi Jewish circles on the first Friday night after a baby boy is born / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Shalom Zachar (also: Sholom Zochor, Shulem Zucher, Hebrew: שלום זכר; trans. Welcoming the male; lit. Peace be upon the male), is a gathering which takes place in Ashkenazi Jewish circles on the first Friday night after a baby boy is born. Although intended to "console" the newborn, the get-together is treated as a happy occasion.
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Babylonian Talmud: | Niddah 30b |
Shulchan Aruch: | Rema: Yoreh De'ah 265:12 |
Other rabbinic codes: | Taz: Yoreh De'ah 265:13; Terumat HaDeshen 269; Zocher HaBris 3:6; Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 163:8 |
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