[Avodah] single mothers

[T613K at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/4/2012, eliturkel at gmail.com writes:

>> 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 brings a disagreement if the donor is  
considered 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 lifetime  <<



-- 

Eli  Turkel



 
 
>>>>>
 
The obvious question would be, would chalitza be required before  this 
widow could remarry?  
 
If the donor is not the father (acc to R' Yisraeli), then that man died  
childless (even though his sperm survived him), and therefore his widow needs  
chalitza before remarrying -- even though she bears a child from her  
deceased husband.  But her husband gets no "credit" for that child, and is  
considered never to have had children.
 
So that's the question:  does she need chalitza?  Let's say some  period of 
time elapsed during which she was not yet pregnant and definitely  needed 
chalitza.  But then she gets pregnant with her dead husband's sperm  and has 
a baby -- now she no longer needs chalitza?  Or she  does?
 
 
--Toby Katz
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Romney -- good values, good family, good  hair


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