Does any one know if a date of birth has any meaning for us?
I would like to find out wheter the Torah or Talmud or any other Jewish writings has anything to say about this topic.
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Sign up to join this communityDoes any one know if a date of birth has any meaning for us?
I would like to find out wheter the Torah or Talmud or any other Jewish writings has anything to say about this topic.
According to the Ben Ish Chai it is important. But even more important is one's bris day. He writes in shana alef parshas Re'eh ois 17 that people are noheig to make their birthday into a yom tov, and it is a good siman, he adds that he too did it. He goes on to describe the bris-day minhag.