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Abortion: Delay Of Messiah

Israel's Chief Jewish Council Affirms Abortions "Grave Sin," Delaying Messiah

Jerusalem, Israel (LifeNews.com) -- The chief rabbinic council in Israel released a new opinion about abortion over the weekend confirming that abortions constitute a "grave sin" and saying they are delaying the coming of the Messiah. Their determination provides hopes to pro-life Jews in the United States and elsewhere who battle abortion. "The vast majority of abortions are unnecessary and strictly forbidden according to halacha because they are carried out even when the pregnancies do not endanger the mother's health," the rabbis wrote.They said those kinds of abortions for socioeconomic reasons or the mother not wanting the baby at the time are delaying the coming of the messiah, who Jews believe was not represented by Jesus Christ. Jews typically believe that the messiah will not come until all of the children who could be born to Jewish mothers are born. Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger -- two leading Jewish figures in the nation -- both supported the council's decision. The Rabbinic Council of Chief Rabbinate also said it would establish a new committee that would examine methods of reducing abortions in Israel. According to a Ynet News report, the council made its decision after a presentation by Dr. Eli Schussheim, the head of the pro-life group Efrat. He presented the council rabbis with the latest information on abortions in Israel. His showed them that 50,000 abortions happen there every year and about 20,000 of them are done within the confines of current law.
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Messiah Delay Abortion

American Pro-Life Leaders Help Jewish Officials in Israel Oppose Abortion

Jerusalem, Israel (LifeNews.com) -- The pro-life members of Congress are in Israel this week to help Jewish leaders there combat the growing scourge of abortion in their nation. Their visit comes just weeks after the chief rabbinic council in Israel released a new opinion about abortion confirming it constitutes a "grave sin." Congressman Chris Smith from New Jersey, who heads the pro-life caucus in the House of Representatives, is joined on the trip by Congressman Frank Wolf from Virginia and Congressman Joseph Pitts from Pennsylvania. They visited with Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and expressed their concern that abortion is slowing the Israeli birth rate compared to their Palestinian neighbors. They also praised him for his December opinion saying abortions for socioeconomic reasons or the mother not wanting the baby are wrong. They also met with members of the Knesset to help lawmakers promote pro-life laws to reduce or eliminate abortions there.
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Abortion: Delay Of Messiah Judaism Studies

Chief Jewish Rabbis in Israel: Abortion Delays Coming of Messiah, Back Pro-Life

Jerusalem, Israel (LifeNews.com) -- The top two Jewish rabbis in Israel sent a letter on Monday to their colleagues denouncing abortion. They said that abortion kills thousands of Israeli babies a year and delays the coming of the Messiah and they promised to do more to promote pro-life and pregnancy help efforts.

Rabbis Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar sent a letter yesterday to all of the state-employed Jewish rabbis saying they would "strengthen" the efforts of the pro-life council in the rabbinate to help reduce abortions.

The letter says "the vast majority of abortions are unnecessary and Halacha severely prohibits them" and says as many as 50,000 abortions are done annually in Israel. The Jewish leaders also said abortions "delay the redemption" by postponing the coming of the Messiah.

The Jerusalem Post newspaper indicates the letter bases the statement on the Babylonian Talmud in Tractate Niddah which says each baby that is born brings the Jewish people closer to redemption. "The redemption does not take place until all the souls are brought out of their storing place," the Talmud states.

The letter goes on to condemn "the killing of fetuses in their mother's womb."

The Post indicated the rabbis' letter said they would encourage local Jewish teachers to do more to promote the pro-life ethic in their Shabbat sermons, passing out pro-life literature to couples seeking pre-marital counseling, and developing closer ties with the pro-life organization Efrat to change public opinion. Ref. Source 7