Rav Kornfeld,
Recently, an incident got much press. It was about a woman who got hypothermia while mountain climbing and then had a heart attack. She was revived 6 hours later; because her body temperature was 35 degrees lower than normal, she not only survived the cardiac arrest but also had no brain damage.
Have you ever written or given a shiur on the topic of yerusha, yibum, and other nafka minos of a person who dies and then (usually) a few minutes later comes back to life? I would appreciate anything you have on this topic.
Chanoch Oppenheim
We at Kollel Iyun Hadaf did not write on that topic, but see
dafnotes.blogspot.com/2007/02/daf-yomi-megillah-7-status-of-rabbi.html
and the comments there. The question is: After Rabah slaughtered Rebbi Zeira in the Purim Se'udah and then brought him back to life, did Rebbi Zeira need to perform a new Kidushin with his wife? They quote the Kli Chemdah who cites an opinion that Rebbi Zeira was no longer considered a Kohen after he came back to life. Rav Elchanan Wasserman zt'l Hy'd also discusses the status of Eliyahu ha'Navi after he ascended to Shamayim without dying.
See Teshuvos Ateres Zahav, Even ha'Ezer I 3:9.
Regards from the Ramot crowd!
Kol Tuv,
Dovid Bloom