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When does a mother's chazakah extend to help establish her child's status? The shiur analyzes the machlokes between Rav Elazar and Rav Yochanan regarding whether a mother's presumption of kashrus assists in determining her child's legitimacy, exploring the distinction between safek mamzer (which is only d'rabbanan) and definitive halachic status.
This shiur provides a detailed analysis of a complex sugya in Kesubos 13b concerning the machlokes between Rav Elazar and Rav Yochanan regarding chezkas eim (a mother's presumptive status) and its application to her child. The central question revolves around when a mother's chazakah of being kosher extends to benefit her child's halachic status. Rav Elazar holds that chezkas eim does not help the child - the mother has a chazakah but the child does not. Rav Yochanan maintains that even when the child lacks an independent chazakah, the mother's testimony is still believed regarding the child. The Gemara (גמרא) explores what appears to be a contradiction: if we follow Rav Yochanan's position that "ma da machshava machshava b'bita" (what she thinks, she thinks regarding her daughter), how can there be cases where the child is considered a shtuki (of questionable lineage)?
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Kesubos 13b
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