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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.<ref>Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer 5:14</ref>  
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Revision as of 16:40, 22 July 2020

  1. Sterilizing a man or animal is Biblically forbidden. [1] Sterilizing a woman is also forbidden.[2]
  2. Using a medicine to sterilize a man or animal is forbidden.[3]
  3. One may not have a non-jew sterilize an animal on his behalf.[4]

Sources

  1. Vayikra 22:24, S”A EH 5:11
  2. 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.
  3. Gemara Shabbat 110b, Shulchan Aruch EH 5:12
  4. Shulchan Arukh Even HaEzer 5:14