<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:54 PM, <a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> <<a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.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;">RallisW asked:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> What halochos go into effect, once it has been proven<br>
> that a majority of World Jewry reside in Eretz Yisroel?<br>
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</div>In order for this to be "proven", one would need to do various things. One of these things would be to count World Jewry, which is halachically problematic, but nevertheless demographers are pretty good at it. On the far distant other hand, demographers use a definition of "Jew" which is not at all similar to the definition we'd use. Thus, it will be rather difficult to get adequate "proof" anytime soon.<br>
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My guess is that even after the demographers claim that most of world Jewry is in Israel, it will take a long time until we accept it as a vadai. On the other hand, there will probably be a recognizable shift from today's "presumably no" to "real safek", and even that will cause real changes to halacha l'maaseh, and so I look forward to further responses on this topic.<br>
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Akiva Miller<br>
</blockquote><div><br>once upon a time we discussed "eino ra'uy l'acilas kelev" Do we conduct an actually lab experiment [with a Labrador perhaps?] in order to confirm this? <br><br>The Answer is: NO. It is what Rababnim would deem not fir for a kelev to eat. <br>
<br>I Imagine that the majority of Jews in Israel can NEVER be verified in an objective fashion.AISI It would probably happen Halachically speaking when Rababnim take it as a matter of fact.<br></div></div><br><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>