surrogate motherhood and halacha
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Surrogate Motherhood and Halacha. Smadar Goldstein. What’s happening?. mechanical placement of the embryo in the uterus after fertilization in the laboratory and placed in the body of another woman. . What are the Halachic Issues?. What are the Halachic issues?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Surrogate Motherhood
and Halacha
Smadar Goldstein
What’s happening?
mechanical placement of the embryo in the uterus after fertilization in the laboratory and placed in the body of another woman.
What are the Halachic Issues?
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What are the Halachic issues?
donors פרו ורבו
What is the first mitzvah of the Torah?
Bereshit 1:28Why?
To whom does it apply?
Yehuda’s Sons: Bereshit 38:6-10 , יהיה לו לא כי אונן וידע
- בא; אם והיה הזרע , ושחת- אחיו אשת אל
, - זרע, נתן לבלתי ארצהלאחיו.
9 And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
', וירע י אשר ה בעיני.וימתעשה; - אתו, גם
What was Er’s sin? Why?
ה בעיני :'רעאונן של כרעתו
זרעו משחיתאותו ' גם וימת באונן 'שנאמר
ער של ,כמיתתואונן של מיתתו
? זרעו ו משחית ער היה למהיפיה ויכחיש תתעבר שלא (כדי לד) יבמות
Halachic source;
• What was ‘wicked in the eyes of Hashem?’• What does this have to do with surrogate
motherhood?
Surrogacy in the Torah – what’s the difference?
- : ז א ל בראשית
- : יב ט ל בראשית
- : ח א א שמואל
: טז ד רות
Adultery?• In pioneering ruling,
Chief Rabbi Amar permits impoverished woman to use services of married surrogate mother in order to bring child into world