Re: establishing mamzerut

> RMYG wrote:
> > Last night, I spoke with someone who was involved with the Agunah
> > situations after Sept. 11. He told me that R' Wosner takes the position
> > that DNA is only good as a Siman, and can't be used to be Motzi Mamon
> (e.g.
> > for Yerushah) or for Yichus. He said that he heard from RYSE's Talmidim,
> > that RYSE takes a stronger position regarding DNA, and considers it
> worth
> > more than R' Wosner does, but that RYSE doesn't say publicly what his
> > position is. He referred me to Yeshurun (IIRC, vol. 11) that has a few
> > pieces regarding DNA in the context of 9/11.
R' Arie Folger:
> This issue was extensively discussed one day at the 24th Conference of
> European Rabbis, two years ago in Paris, and I recall hearing exactly the
> opposite from someone who was involved in this halakhah lema'asseh. Rav
> Wosner is rather inclined to accept DNA evidence against igun.

That's what I said (although I wasn't clear). R' Wosner holds that DNA can
help as a Siman against Igun. The context of our discussion is Yichus, and
that's what my post focused on. 

KT,
MYG

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