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The Vilna Gaon (OC 470, s.v. v'ein) explains the opinion that exempts women from fasting as due to the fact that women lack k'dushas b'choros (the sanctified status of firstborns). A male with an older sister also lacks k'dushas b'chor since he is not a firstborn, so the opinion that exempts the older sister would certainly exempt the brother.
In fact, a ...
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The firstborn, if a son, fasts. If the firstborn is a girl, then the first son is not the first born for the sake of this fast.
http://sephardicjudaism.blogspot.com/2007/03/passover-first-born-if-son-fasts-on.html
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I recently heard that Rabbi Elyashiv Zatzal always made a Siyum on Erev Pesach. Once a fellow asked him that he was not a Bechor as his mother had prior miscarriages so why does he make a Siyum every year. He said he knows he is not a Bechor he does it since the Rav is supposed to make a Siyum.
It is quite likely that often a Bechor makes the Siyum since he ...
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