[Avodah] length of pregnancy

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From: Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com>

In a recent daf  yomi (Nidah 38a) Rav Yehuda claims that birth occurs after
rosh chodesh of  the 9th month.

Shmuel disagrees and says that a birth can occur only after  271,272 or 273
days.

Any explanations of either shitah? ie how does  bet din declaring Rosh
Chodesh affect the woman (presumably only Jewish  women)
and how Shmuel can say there are no early or late deliveries

--  
Eli Turkel

 
>>>>
 
Even though Shmuel says "only" that is gemara-speak for "most of the time"  
or "when everything is normal."  
 
Bais din "declaring" Rosh Chodesh is only of the slightest relevance,  
because they are always going to declare it within a day or two of the actual  
new moon.
 
 
Google says a lot of people believe that if they are close to term, women  
are more likely to go into labor when there is a /full/ moon. However Google 
 also says that scientific studies fail to prove this. I believe that the 
same  number of children are born every day of the year, the only significant 
uptick  being nine months after a major power failure.

 

--Toby Katz
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Romney -- good values, good family, good  hair


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