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March 24, 2006
Halachic Trivia - do you know the answer?
My wife was pregnant when a close relative passed away. Is she allowed to go to the cemetary with a kohain growing inside her?
I don't know the halacha, but I'll take a stab at it. 1) Maybe the womb is Hotzeitz b/c it's more than a Tefach 2) It's a safek boy - safek girl 3) Ubar Yerech Imo - so since she's OK, he's OK too.
Because of the above, I'd guess it's OK. This is only theoretical - I didn't look it up.
Not bad! I actually hear two reasons why it's OKAY.
1. When we asked the shailah we were told that it is indeed a s'faik s'faika in that a. It may be a boy or a girl and 2. all Kohanim are sofek Kohanim. I don't really like this answer and frankly find it a bit offensive.
The book Kohen's Handbook says that: 1. Anything enveloped inside a living body is unaffected by tuma and 2. the is a s'fek s'feka: it may be a boy or a girl or it might be stillborn.
I don't know the halacha, but I'll take a stab at it.
ReplyDelete1) Maybe the womb is Hotzeitz b/c it's more than a Tefach
2) It's a safek boy - safek girl
3) Ubar Yerech Imo - so since she's OK, he's OK too.
Because of the above, I'd guess it's OK. This is only theoretical - I didn't look it up.
Not bad! I actually hear two reasons why it's OKAY.
ReplyDelete1. When we asked the shailah we were told that it is indeed a s'faik s'faika in that a. It may be a boy or a girl and 2. all Kohanim are sofek Kohanim. I don't really like this answer and frankly find it a bit offensive.
The book Kohen's Handbook says that:
1. Anything enveloped inside a living body is unaffected by tuma and 2. the is a s'fek s'feka: it may be a boy or a girl or it might be stillborn.
I think the minhag is that unless very necessary, pregnant women with anything/anyone inside don't go to cemeteries.
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