YWN-Israel reported that MDA transported 174 pregnant women in labor to hospitals nationwide on Yom Kippur.
There are usually a large number of births on Yom Kippur, as fasting can cause women to go into labor.
Below are some of the numbers of births reported by hospitals around the country:
60 babies were born at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
42 babies were born at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva.
13 babies were born at Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Chadera.
25 babies – including one pair of twins – were born at Meir Medical Center in Ranaana. One woman gave birth in an ambulance at the entrance to the hospital.
32 babies – 20 boys and 12 girls – were born at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Tzrifin.
20 babies were born at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon.
13 babies were born at Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod.
17 babies – 11 boys and 6 girls – were born at the Galilee Medical Center.
A number of babies were also born at Hadassah Ein Kerem and Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospitals.
May this year, 5779, bring an abundance of Jewish births in Hospitals throughout Eretz Yisrael and around the world!
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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4 Responses
How does that number compare to the other days of the year? If it is high, then it may be the correct approach to go with the poskim that say that pregnant women do not fast on Yom Kippur and Tisha B’av as most medical professionals say that the longer a fetus is in womb the better it is.
Is there some special yichus that goes along with having been born on Yom Kippur (aside from having you Bris in the Succah)?
Post #1, eman, most “real” poskim do not paskin that way about Yom Kippur: it’s a deOraysa! If baby is not un danger and mother is not in danger – pikuach nefesh – it’s a no-brainer.
@eman Last year, Israel reported 175,000 births. That’s an average of over 475 a day! 200 births is less than half the average!