Point of interest, I believe your maternal grandfather, Rav Issack Liebes Ztzal, poses a similar question in a responsa written some forty years ago in his opus, ”Bais Uvy”. He ponders as to what would be the Hallachic implications of a transplanted uterus. In addition to the issues raised in your podcast, there is also a question whether a child gestated or a fetus incubated and subsequently birthed from this transplanted uterus could be considered a firstborn male child could this child be considered a ”petter rechem”. It has implications regard the need for redmeption by a Cohen, and also regarding a claim for the additional inheritance portion due a firstborn.
Rav Liebes authored this responsa in somewhat of a whimsical fashion since at the time of the writing such transplanting surgery was more in the realm of fantasy. Nonetheless, it makes for compelling reading.
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Point of interest, I believe your maternal grandfather, Rav Issack Liebes Ztzal, poses a similar question in a responsa written some forty years ago in his opus, ”Bais Uvy”. He ponders as to what would be the Hallachic implications of a transplanted uterus. In addition to the issues raised in your podcast, there is also a question whether a child gestated or a fetus incubated and subsequently birthed from this transplanted uterus could be considered a firstborn male child could this child be considered a ”petter rechem”. It has implications regard the need for redmeption by a Cohen, and also regarding a claim for the additional inheritance portion due a firstborn. Rav Liebes authored this responsa in somewhat of a whimsical fashion since at the time of the writing such transplanting surgery was more in the realm of fantasy. Nonetheless, it makes for compelling reading.