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

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From: "Chana Luntz" _Chana at kolsassoon.org.uk_ 
(mailto:Chana at kolsassoon.org.uk) 

RJR  writes quoting R' Aviner:

> 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.   

R'nCL: I confess I find this position difficult....  

....And what about the position found in Yevamos 65b and accepted by  the 
Amoraim
there that a woman makes a valid claim against her husband if he  fails to
provide her with children (giving her the right to a divorce and her  kesuba)
because she needs to have children to support her old age? 
 
>>>>>
If a widow became pregnant with the sperm of her deceased husband (and they  
had never had children before), would she now be allowed to remarry without  
yibum?




--Toby  Katz
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