Childbearing & Fertility
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Jewish Approach to Childlessness
So much of Jewish culture concentrates on our children, how to lead them, how to protect them and how the Jewish family is the cornerstone of our culture/religion. Over the last year or so, each time I hear a sermon…
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Is My Child’s Condition a Punishment?
My question to you is, do you think God punishes us for things we have done wrong in our past? The reason I asked is I have a 6 year old son with Angelman Syndrome. I have tried so hard…
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Artificial Insemination
Is there a Talmudic reference to the topic of Artificial Insemination? Thank you very much for your question. Although I am not familiar with any explicit Talmudic reference to artificial insemination, there are a number of early Talmudic commentaries (11th…
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Is a Fetus Alive?
Are children who are conceived and carried for approximately 9-15 weeks considered to have lived? If they are not carried to term, what happens to their soul? Are their names erased? Thank you for your question. Judaism is not the…
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Dealing with Infertility
Could you recommend a prayer for a woman who is trying to get pregnenat with no luck for few years? I’m not sure which books you have available. There are some (e.g. Aneini) which have different kinds of prayers for…
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Abortion of a Tay Sachs Child
If there is a case of a Tay Sachs baby, is it permissible to have an abortion, especially when both parents of the child agree the baby must be aborted? Answer: Any real question – meaning, someone is really considering…
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Mamzer
If the child was conceived outside the framework of marriage and then the couple quickly married and the actual birth of the child took place several months into the marriage, is he considered a mamzer (bastard, illegitamate child)? Thank you…
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Why can’t I have a child?
It’s been more than a year that we are trying to have a child and even after 6 months of medical treatment and suggestions by Rabbis I haven’t been able to conceive. I don’t understand how other women I see…
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Abortion – Permitted?
I’m Jewish and against abortion. But, Jewish law teaches abortion is ok. How do I remain Jewish and reconcile Jewish law? This is what I got from another website: “Abortion: Jewish law not only permits, but in some circumstances requires…