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<DIV>In a message dated 7/4/2012, eliturkel@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>>> In the recent issue of Techumum R. D. Senberg has an
article on the definition of fatherhood given modern technology.
<DIV>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</DIV>
<DIV>R. Yisraeli - no</DIV>
<DIV>RSZA - yes</DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>He then discusses the social (non-halachic) aspect of a single mother. In
the end he allows it under several conditions</DIV>
<DIV>1) the mother is the widow of the deceased</DIV>
<DIV>2) they had no children</DIV>
<DIV>3) the donor gave permission in his lifetime <<<BR
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<DIV>The obvious question would be, would chalitza be required before
this widow could remarry? </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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?</DIV>
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<DIV><B><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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