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# Sterilizing a man or animal is Biblically forbidden. <Ref>Vayikra 22:24, S”A EH 5:11</ref> Sterilizing a woman is also forbidden.<Ref>Rambam Isurei Biyah 16:11, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:11. Gra EH 5:25 implies it is biblical without malkot. Perisha 5:30 explains that the reason it is forbidden to sterilize women is because they won’t be able to populate the world (lo tohu l’shevet yetzara) which also applies to women.</ref>  
#The Torah prohibits the destruction of human and animal reproductive organs.<Ref>Vayikra 22:24, S”A EH 5:11</ref>  
#If a male's reproductive organs were damaged after birth he is excluded from the Jewish community<ref> Deuteronomy 23:2, Rambam Isurei Biyah 16:9, Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer 5:10</ref>
#Sterilizing a woman is also forbidden.<Ref>Rambam Isurei Biyah 16:11, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:11. Gra EH 5:25 implies it is biblical without malkot. Perisha 5:30 explains that the reason it is forbidden to sterilize women is because they won’t be able to populate the world (lo tohu l’shevet yetzara) which also applies to women.</ref>  
# Using a medicine to sterilize a man or animal is forbidden.<Ref>Gemara Shabbat 110b, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:12</ref>
# Using a medicine to sterilize a man or animal is forbidden.<Ref>Gemara Shabbat 110b, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:12</ref>
#One may not have a non-jew sterilize an animal on his behalf. Therefore if one has a pet dog or cat one may not instruct the vet to neuter and spay, rather he should sell the animal to a non-jew and that non-jew should instruct the vet to do the procedure.<ref>Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer 5:14</ref>  
#One may not have a non-jew sterilize an animal on his behalf. Therefore if one has a pet dog or cat one may not instruct the vet to neuter and spay, rather he should sell the animal to a non-jew and that non-jew should instruct the vet to do the procedure.<ref>Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer 5:14</ref>  
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Revision as of 20:04, 26 July 2020

  1. The Torah prohibits the destruction of human and animal reproductive organs.[1]
  2. If a male's reproductive organs were damaged after birth he is excluded from the Jewish community[2]
  3. Sterilizing a woman is also forbidden.[3]
  4. Using a medicine to sterilize a man or animal is forbidden.[4]
  5. One may not have a non-jew sterilize an animal on his behalf. Therefore if one has a pet dog or cat one may not instruct the vet to neuter and spay, rather he should sell the animal to a non-jew and that non-jew should instruct the vet to do the procedure.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ Vayikra 22:24, S”A EH 5:11
  2. ↑ Deuteronomy 23:2, Rambam Isurei Biyah 16:9, Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer 5:10
  3. ↑ Rambam Isurei Biyah 16:11, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:11. Gra EH 5:25 implies it is biblical without malkot. Perisha 5:30 explains that the reason it is forbidden to sterilize women is because they won’t be able to populate the world (lo tohu l’shevet yetzara) which also applies to women.
  4. ↑ Gemara Shabbat 110b, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:12
  5. ↑ Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer 5:14
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