Bach on Whether Pidyon HaBen Can Precede Circumcision and R. Herzog on a Joke Marriage (8 Shevat)

'שו"ת ב"ח החדשות נ 8 Shevat 5391 (1631)

Can one perform a pidyon haben before giving the baby a brit milah (how could that circumstance arise)? Is there a necessary specific order to these rituals? What about circumcision and immersion for conversion?

שו"ת היכל יצחק אבן העזר ב:כו 8 Shevat 5711 (1951)

R. Herzog struggles with whether a marriage that seems to have been a joke nonetheless needs a get, just in case.