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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>From: Eli Turkel <eliturkel@gmail.com><BR><BR>In a recent daf
yomi (Nidah 38a) Rav Yehuda claims that birth occurs after<BR>rosh chodesh of
the 9th month.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial><BR>Shmuel disagrees and says that a birth can occur only after
271,272 or 273<BR>days.<BR><BR>Any explanations of either shitah? ie how does
bet din declaring Rosh<BR>Chodesh affect the woman (presumably only Jewish
women)<BR>and how Shmuel can say there are no early or late deliveries<BR><BR>--
<BR>Eli Turkel</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Even though Shmuel says "only" that is gemara-speak for "most of the time"
or "when everything is normal." </DIV>
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<DIV>Bais din "declaring" Rosh Chodesh is only of the slightest relevance,
because they are always going to declare it within a day or two of the actual
new moon.</DIV>
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<DIV>Google says a lot of people believe that if they are close to term, women
are more likely to go into labor when there is a /full/ moon. However Google
also says that scientific studies fail to prove this. I believe that the same
number of children are born every day of the year, the only significant uptick
being nine months after a major power failure.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><B><BR><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby Katz<BR>=============</FONT></B><BR><FONT
color=#0000ff>Romney -- good values, good family, good
hair<BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------
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