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able," he said.
But "if the intent is to avoid
conceiving a fetus with a sex-linked
genetic disease, sperm sorting with
the attending risk is preferable to
aborting the affected fetus,"
Tendler said.
Certain diseases, like Tay-Sachs,
affect mostly Jewish males.
Tendler is concerned that parent.
not use the new technology simpl,/-
because they prefer a girl over a
boy, or vice versa, which, in most
of the cases cited by the company
announcing the breakthrough,
seems to be the motivation.
But there may be special interest
in this new technique among
Orthodox Jews, said some of those
interviewed.
Most Orthodox Jews take the
commandment to be fruitful and
if
multiply very seriously and consid-
er it fulfilled only after they have at
least one child of each gender.
"According to some halachic
opinions, maybe most, if someone
has eight males, he has not fulfilled
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his obligation to the mitzvah," or
status in the admission or access to or treatment, or employment in its programs and activities.
commandment, said Tendler.
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Using the new technique, some
Orthodox
couples might be able to
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ensure one of each gender and have
only two children instead of letting
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the chromosomal dice roll as they
may, and go on to have many
more.
That potential is why Conserva-
tive
Rabbi David Feldman does
Vol. 1, No. 7 • November, 1998
like
the
idea of sex selection.
under cold water before they are served. I usually recommend rinsing
"If this capability became wide-
e_flo! How are ya'? What's cooking? I can't believe how fast when serving to very young children for this very reason.
the days are flying off the calendar. It's Grey Cup time in
spread, it is possible to imagine
But, to answer your question, I am pleased to say that YOU ARE
Canada and Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. (and it's almost BOTH RIGHT! In other words, you can have your Strub's and eat
that couples with three, four or five )
Hanukah, to boot). Remember to include Scrub's Pickles as part of them too. I will be sending a Pickle Guy hat and T-shirt to both RG
children still trying for one of the
your celebrations and family get-togethers this festive season.
and DP for their insightful letters.
opposite gender would use it. And
In
Metro
Detroit,
Strub's
Pickles
are
distributed
by
Letter Of The Month
that motive for being procreative,
Pointe Dairy Services Inc. (248) 589-7700)
Dear Pickle Guy,
and
are
available
at
these
fine
locations:
which
is Jewishly more desirable,"
Can Dill Pickles and Tomatoes be eaten straight from the jar, or
??* 's — Farmington Hills, Troy, St. Clair Shores
Nino &
would disappear, said Feldman, the
should they be rinsed in cold water first? I insist they should be
Hills Village Market — Grosse Pointe Farms
Papa Joe's-- '
rinsed, but my daughter refuses to do so. Who's right and who's
author of Birth Control in Jewish
Westborne lAarkets— Deatborn, Berkley, Livonia
wrong?
Law: Marital Relations, Contracep-
Vic's
World
Class
Markets—
Bloomfield
Hills,
Beverly
Hills,
Novi
Sincerely, R. G. Thornhill ON (with similar letter from
Agrussis Market -- Sterling Heights &O&M Fruit Markets W2Mil
tion and Abortion.
D.P. Ormeaux, QUE)
I'll update this list for you each month to make your shopping easier.
Feldman recalled the life of
The Pickle Guy Replies
Remember, send your_ letters, pictures, and postcards to me:
Rabbi Abraham Bornstein, who
Pickle Guy do Strub's Pickle Corner
Dear R G. (and D. P.),
lived in the early 1900s in Central
Got a question?
100 Roy Boulevard, Brantford, ON. N3R 7K2
This is not such an unusual question. The brine of the full-
Europe, and had 10 sons. Bornsteii
e-mail: S1RUBPICKL@AOL.COM
sour pickles and tomatoes is actually a little stronger than the pickle
Write to me, the
itself. Those who like toget the complete pickle experience always I answer ALL my mail, and if I use your letter in Pickle Guy — I
cried, saying that he didn't fulfill
eat their pickles straight-from-the-jar. Many other people are a little "Pickle Corner," I'll send you one of my "Pickle Guy" answer ALL my mail!
the mitzvah, recalled Feldman.
more sensitive to the brine, and decide to rinse the pickles quickly T-shirts and Hats. Thanks, and talk to you next month.
"Then he realized that even Mosj_j:,
with two sons, didn't either."
In the end, Feldman said, "too
much choice leads to disappoint-
ment.
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