kyle, i'd have never gueessed it. i'd take some of the statements in the
prophets and psalms differenly from your rabbis. maybe they lost something
in translation from hebrew to english.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle E. Cleveland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 8:10 AM
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Subject: Re: The Abortion/Euthanasia Thread (Long!)


Speaking of potential, my religion (Judaism) says that life is not
considered such until it touches outside air.

Joy,

That's interesting.  I had never heard this as a Judaistic dogma.  Can you
give a Talmudic reference?  My neighbors are Israeli and Elizabeth knows
Talmudic tradition pretty well.  Wouldn't be Rabbi Hillel, would it?  As I
understand, there's currently quite a bit of controversy surrounding some of
his teachings.

Just curious.

-Kyle