Re: pidyon haben

[Yehuda & Rebecca Poch <butrfly...>]

At 04:58 04/02/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>And abortions of a previous pregnancy (e.g., after 3 months)?

Aside from the fact that abortions are strcitly illegal according to Jewish
law, unless the mother's life is in danger, this would also invalidate a
pidyon haben.
 
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