[Avodah] single mothers

[Eli Turkel]

In the recent issue of Techumum R. D. Senberg has an article on the
definition of fatherhood given modern technology.
Among other issues he discusses the question of freezing sperm and using it
after the death of the donor. He
bring a disagreement if the donor is consered the father of the baby
R. Yisraeli - no
RSZA - yes
He further brings other poskim that claim that even according to R.
Yisraeli there is no prohibition to bring a child into the world who has no
halachic father.

He then discusses the social (non-halachic) aspect of a single mother. In
the end he allows it under several conditions
1) the mother is the widow of the deceased
2) they had no children
3) the donor gave permission in his leietime

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Eli Turkel
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