<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 3:26 PM, <<a href="mailto:RallisW@aol.com">RallisW@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>What halochos go into effect, once it has been proven that a majority of
World Jewry reside in Eretz Yisroel? How long do you think it will still be
before it's a reality?</div>
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<div></div></font></div><br></blockquote></div><br>Some questiosn to ponder:<br><ol><li>Who is a Jew?</li><li>Who has Halachic status to count Jews? The UN? The US census?</li><li>Who has the authority to rule on the count - or the re-count?</li>
<li>Do the following Count: <br></li><ol><li>mehcal'eli Shabbas?</li><li>Do Tinokos Shenishbu?</li><li>Do unidentified children of Maternal Jewesses? [e.g the Medeline Albright's or the Fiorella Laguardia's of the world?]</li>
<li>Do Meshumaddim? [e.g. Cardinal Lustiger whilst alive]</li></ol></ol><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>