[Avodah] childbirth as a time of sakana [was: bat mitzva "bo

Sat Sep 20 19:07:32 PDT 2008

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From: Michael Poppers <MPoppers at kayescholer.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:07:29 -0400
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In Avodah Digest V25#334, RZS wrote:
> But if I can indulge in a wild speculation, perhaps this could explai=
n
why as recently as the early 19th century the poskim seem unanimous tha=
t
a woman *must* bench gomel after birth, and yet I think I've only ever
seen this done once. <
I'm not sure if RZS is referring to the following, but I've done it and=

have literally heard&seen other fathers also doing it: bentching "haGom=
eil"
in shul on the first Shabbos that my wife attended a minyan in Shul aft=
er
giving birth.

Gut Voch/Shavua Tov and all the best from
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> But if I can indulge in a wild speculation, perhaps this could exp=
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why as recently as the early 19th century the poskim seem unanimous tha=
t<br>
a woman *must* bench gomel after birth, and yet I think I've only ever<=
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seen this done once. <<br>
I'm not sure if RZS is referring to the following, but I've done it and=
 have literally heard&seen other fathers also doing it: bentching &=
quot;haGomeil" in shul on the first Shabbos that my wife attended =
a minyan in Shul after giving birth. <br>
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Gut Voch/Shavua Tov and all the best from<br>
-- Michael Poppers via RIM pager</body></html>=

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