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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?.
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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.
Bereshit 1:28Why?To whom does it apply? What is the first mitzvah of the Torah?
What was Er’s sin? Why? רע בעיני ה': כרעתו של אונן משחית זרעו שנאמר באונן 'וימת גם אותו' כמיתתו של ער, מיתתו של אונן ?ולמה היה ער משחית זרעו כדי שלא תתעבר ויכחיש יפיה (יבמות לד)
Halachic source; • What was ‘wicked in the eyes of Hashem?’ • What does this have to do with surrogate motherhood?
Adultery? • In pioneering ruling, Chief Rabbi Amar permits impoverished woman to use services of married surrogate mother in order to bring child into world