laws and customs pertaining to pregnancy, labor, and childbirth
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does a date of birth have any specific meaning or importance?
Does any one know if a date of birth has any meaning for us?
I would like to find out wheter the Torah or Talmud or any other Jewish writings has anything to say about this topic.
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Working out due date
I remember hearing once that there is a gematria how to work out the due date, something like the gematria of Ibur either 282 (w/o the vav) or 288 (with vav) from the last leil tevila. It may have been another similar word.
Has anyone come across…
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What is "unusual childbirth pain"?
The Talmud [Yevamot 65b, Ketubot 60a] allows a woman to sterilize herself if she suffers unusual childbirth pain.
What is "unusual childbirth pain"? Women testify to the fact that there is no worse pain than childbirth pain.
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Can we consider the "fill the earth" commandment as fulfilled?
As we can see, the Earth is full with us (humans) and with our animals. Can we consider with it the ancient commandment as fulfilled?
Which is important from this view: if it is fulfilled, it means it doesn't bind any more (i.e. there is no need to…
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Minhag to not share a photo of a newborn
Is there anything mentioning about either sharing photos of a newborn child or specifically not sharing photos of a newborn?
(or maybe not sharing pictures before the bris?)
The Targum
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