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<DIV>R'n Ilana Sober writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR>>>The problem of halachic infertility should
certainly not be minimized.<BR>Fundamentally, it is a result of churban, galut,
the lack of a sanhedrin,<BR>etc. No - the halachic system is not perfect and
even causes suffering. Dr.<BR>Rosenak is correct that in this case, as in
others, the problem is not that<BR>G-d designed an imperfect system, but that
the system has deteriorated. He<BR>misidentifies the cause of the deterioration
as "the rabbis." The cause of<BR>the deterioration is churban and galut - the
rabbis are those who saved the<BR>system from total
disintegration.<<</DIV>
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<DIV>My father R' Bulman zt'l said something very similar about the
problem of agunos. It is one of the tzaros of galus. The hands
of the rabbanim are often tied, not because of the halacha, but because of
galus.<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</B></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>