[Avodah] Halachic Infertility

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, December 15, 2006 7:04 am, Chana Luntz wrote:
: Also as mentioned, everybody seems to allow the man to give a sample for
: IVF purposes (and indeed, from what I understand, the first sample is
: pretty much never used in the IVF procedure itself, but is only given
: for analysis to see if it would be suitable) - why is this not
: analogous?

The permissability of providing a sample for AIH or even for fertility testing
is not necessarily grounded on asei docheh lav. Rather, it's the word
"levatalah". It is not bitul to use it in an attempt to fulfil piryah
verivyah. It's therefore hutrah, not dechuyah. Which is why I thought it was
possible that a poseiq who considers AIH to be a qiyum of piryah verivyah to
decide it's the simpler choice to permit.

IM EH 2:18 and Yabia Omer EH 2:1 permit AIH benidon didan.

It might even be arguable that being yotzei a derabbanan or even a minhag is
sufficient tachlis for it not to qualify as levatalah. I don't know. I would
bet  the derabannan does qualify, similar to the way an issur derabbanan can
make a halachic reality and thereby "kasher" milk on erev Pesach.


BTW, what is "lashevet"? A regular asmachta, or divrei soferim?

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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