[Avodah] Who is the father redux - from R' Aviner

[David Riceman]

Who are you citing?

David Riceman

Rich, Joel wrote:
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> _A widow becoming impregnated by her deceased husband_
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> Q: Is it permissible for a widow to become impregnated by the frozen 
> sperm of her deceased husband?
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> A: It is forbidden to perform such an act from a deceased man.  First 
> of all, a deceased man is not obligated in the mitzvah to be fruitful 
> and multiply.  A deceased man is not obligated in the mitzvot at all.  
> He is free.  Secondly, it is forbidden to cause a child (or anyone for 
> that matter) sorrow.  The Torah says over and over: an orphan is 
> unfortunate, an orphan is unfortunate.  But sometimes there is an 
> orphan and we have mercy on him.  Here, however, we create a child 
> orphaned from his father with our own hands!  And he is even worse 
> than an orphan, because an orphan had a father and he died, but here 
> the man died and only then did he become an orphan.  We must explain 
> to the child that he never had a father.  We understand that the 
> mother is suffering from loneliness and she would be happy if she had 
> a baby, but we do not save her from loneliness by causing a child to 
> suffer his entire life.  
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> Joel Rich*
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