Tazria 5779 “Speak to the Children of Israel saying: When a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she shall be impure for a seven-day period…” (Vayikra 12:2) There are many laws of the Torah that...
Category - Fertility
Rabbi Yossi Sprung
Destroying Embryos for Research
Noach 5781 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for man was formed in the image of God. (Bereishis 9:6) According to R’ Yishmael, this Pasuk is the source for the Issur of abortion: It was...
Hashem’s Decree & PGD
Pekudei 5779 Paragraph Parents at high-risk of transmitting genetic disease to their offspring can ensure the birth of healthy babies through Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). PGD enables the genetic diagnosis...
