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 A Shalom Zachar is celebrated on the first Friday night after the birth of a baby boy | |
| Halakhic texts relating to this article | |
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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 |
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.