[Avodah] yishmael v. the mitzri???

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 05:42:50PM -0500, David Riceman wrote:
: >2- A child already born isn't motivation to save someone to allow his
: >birth.

: Where does "to allow his birth" come in?  The argument would be that he 
: can't deserve to die if one of his future descendants would be 
: remarkably good; some of that goodness must be due to his influence.

But that's not a merit issue?

This explanation would still be baasher hu sham.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha