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Is a baby born on Shabbos Muktza as Nolad?
Is a baby born on Shabbos Muktza as Nolad until the end of Shabbos?
I mean, he is quite literally Nolad - born on Shabbos. I understand that anything that the baby needs would would obviously be Mutar ...
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A widow using her deceased husbands semen to conceive?
If a husband has some of his semen frozen/saved and then dies, what halachic and hashkafic issues have to be addressed when deciding if his widow is allowed to/can/should use that semen to become ...
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A Hebrew prayer upon discovering the news of having a baby?
I've found this book called: The Jewish Pregnancy book; 'A Resource for the Soul, Body & Mind during Pregnancy, Birth & the First Three Months', written by Sandy Falk, M.D., and Rabbi Daniel ...
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Surrogate birth, egg donations and 'Jewishness' [duplicate]
This is a two part question and although nuanced in there difference - I believe there is one.
If a Jewish mother and father donate eggs/sperm to a non-Jewish mother is the child that is born Jewish?...
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Should Jewish parents-to-be throw a baby shower?
Should Jewish parents-to-be throw a baby shower? Why or why not? What is the origin of the baby shower (amongst Jews specifically) if any? For clarification, I am referring to the party before the ...
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Tehillim while waiting for medical test results for an unborn baby
The suggestion is made that one recite tehillim #119 "with the letters corresponding to the name and mothers name" of someone awaiting medical test results. What if the sick person is an unborn baby (...
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