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Episode Synopsis
The sugya of Ambatya becomes the halachic fault line for one of the most heated debates of the 20th century. In this episode, we trace how Rav Moshe Feinstein used this Gemara to rule that children born through donor insemination are not mamzeirim—and why the Satmar Rebbe fiercely disagreed. We’ll explore the halachic logic, the hashkafic divide, and how a single sugya shaped the modern fertility discussion in the frum world.
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