http://www.daatemet.org.il Daat Emet has been operating since 1998 as a public organization, whose main goal is the study of classical Jewish culture and the dissemination of its scientific, humanistic interpretation. en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:08:03 EST http://www.daatemet.org/images/logo.gif http://www.daatemet.org.il The early sages (the Tanaaim) ruled that prayer is not useful for changing reality after it has been established, and such prayers are for naught. Thus, for example, a man whose wife is pregnant and who wishes to have a son should not pray "May it be Your will that my wife bears a son," for the fetus's sex is already established within the woman's womb. http://www.daatemet.org.il/issues.cfm?ISSUE_ID=442 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:33:29 EST