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A Shalom Zachar (also: ''Sholom Zochor'', ''Shulem Zucher'', ((ヘブライ語: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. ==Source== The source for this practice is the ruling of the Rema in the Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah 265:12: It is customary to make a festive meal on the Friday night after the birth of a baby boy. People go to the house where the baby is, to taste something (), and this () is also () a seudat mitzvah. The Taz, a major commentator on the Rema, finds the source for the Rema's statement in the Talmudic tractate of Niddah (30b). Here the Talmud states that while a baby develops within the womb, "he is taught the entire Torah. However, as soon as he enters the air of this world, an angel comes and strikes him on his mouth, causing him to forget the entire Torah" (Taz, Yoreh Deah 265:13). Because the baby forgot all the Torah he learned, he is likened to a mourner. Just as people visit a mourner in his home to comfort him during the mourning period, people visit the home of the newborn to console him for the Torah he has forgotten. Rabbi Yaakov Emden writes that this meal is called a ''Seudat Zachar'' (Meal of Remembrance), and is held specifically on Shabbat because that day is also connected with remembrance, as the Torah states, "Remember the Shabbat day to sanctify it" (Exodus 20:8). The ''Terumat HaDeshen'' and ''Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Chapter 163:8'' consider the Shalom Zachar a Seudat mitzvah. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shalom Zachar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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