Community Magazine September 2019

Elul 5779 September 2019 21 Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein And Rav Chaim Kanievsky ruled: A donation to EFRAT fulfills two Mitzvot You invest money and EFRAT transfoms it into eternal life לא תעמוד על דם רעך פדיון שבויים and “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. 74,886 “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 o Mitzva gre ter than redeeming someone from captivity” Rabbi Zilberstein's Halachic ruling . . . It is certainly a great mitzvah to help him . . . Maran Harav Hagaon Chaim Kanievsky Shlita Ques Answ I aske permi permi 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 not be permitted to break Shabbos U.S.A. 1274 49th St. Suite 569 Brooklyn, NY 11219 Tel: 718-697-7022 T ue Pidyon Shvuyim