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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> | # 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> | ||
# 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.<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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