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the mourning rituals are a little complex. a full term baby dying before the first month is out is supposed to receive more or less full burial ritual, the ritual being dependant on the community. a premature baby only received the rituals if it survived the full 30 days, otherwise it was essentially classed as a miscarriage. the "30 day" magic number is almost certainly a relatively modern definition, in that era the period would probably have been based on number of shabbats or the lunar cycle. a miscarriage was supposed to be treated by the community as a serious illness of the mother, not the death of a child, since classical judaism accepted the ethicality of abortion under (at least) some conditions. Quote:
regarding a pregnant mother attempting suicide...oh boy. there is no concensus on the issue today, very unlikely there would have been a consensus then, and if there was, we have no way of knowing about it. all this is "to the best of my knowledge" type stuff, so rest assured i won't be offended by corrections! |
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