Community Magazine June 2019

“שלשה הם הדוחים השכינה מן העולם ובני אדם צועקים ואינם נענים... ”... ההורג בניו במעי אמם רבי שמעון בר-יוחאי (ספר הזוהר: שמות פרק ג’ ע”א) Children saved through EFRAT and its donors Three things drive the shechina from this world..... One who kills his unborn children. “There is no Mitzva greater than redeeming someone from captivity” (Rambam, Hilchot Matanot L’Aniyim 8,10) Rabbi Zilberstein's Halachic ruling . . . It is certainly a great mitzvah to help him . . . Maran Harav Hagaon Chaim Kanievsky Shlita “There is no Mitzva greater than redeeming someone from captivity (Rambam, Hilchot Matanot L’Aniyim 8,10) Rabbi Zilberstein's Halachic rulin . . . It is certainly a great mitzvah to help him . . . Maran Harav Hagaon Chaim Kanievsky Shlita “There is no Mitzva greater than redeeming someone from captivity (Rambam, Hilchot Matanot L’Aniyim 8,10) Rabbi Zilberstein's Halachic rulin . . . It is certainly a great mitzvah to help him . . . Maran Harav Hagaon Chaim Kanievsky Shlita Question: Does the prohibition of “do not stand by your friend’s blood” apply to embryo? Question: Is saving an embryo from abortion included in the mitzva of redeeming captives? Answer: “... an embryo is included in the commandment not to stand by your friend’s blood...” “There is no Mitzva greater than redeeming someone from captivity” (Rambam, Hilchot Matanot L’Aniyim 8.10) EFRAT saves babies in danger Answer: “... saving an embryo whose life is at risk, fulfills the mitzva of redeeming captives” בס“ד ” g Question: Does the prohibition of "do not stand by your friend's blood" apply to an embryo? Answer: I asked this question to my father in law, HaRav Eliashiv Zatzal, and he answered that we are permitted to break Shabbos to save the life of an embryo. According to the Ritva, one is permitted to break Shabbos for an embryo even in its first 40 days. This means that an embryo is included in the commandment not to stand by one's friend's blood, for if the embryo did not have the status of ''friend'', it would n Rav Zilberstein’s and Rav Kanievsky’s Halachic ruling U.S.A. 1274 49th St. Suite 569 Brooklyn, NY 11219 Tel: 718-697-7022 True Pidyon Shvuyim 74,678