[Avodah] A Majority of World Jewry In Eretz Yisroel

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

RallisW asked:
> What halochos go into effect, once it has been proven
> that a majority of World Jewry reside in Eretz Yisroel?

In order for this to be "proven", one would need to do various things. One of these things would be to count World Jewry, which is halachically problematic, but nevertheless demographers are pretty good at it. On the far distant other hand, demographers use a definition of "Jew" which is not at all similar to the definition we'd use. Thus, it will be rather difficult to get adequate "proof" anytime soon.

My guess is that even after the demographers claim that most of world Jewry is in Israel, it will take a long time until we accept it as a vadai. On the other hand, there will probably be a recognizable shift from today's "presumably no" to "real safek", and even that will cause real changes to halacha l'maaseh, and so I look forward to further responses on this topic.

Akiva Miller

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