Q&A: Use of a Deceased Man’s Sperm
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Use of a Deceased Man’s Sperm
Question
Have you written about the use of a deceased man’s sperm?
If not, what is your opinion from a halakhic perspective (is there a prohibition? does this fulfill the commandment of levirate marriage / make levirate marriage unnecessary?)
and from a moral perspective?
Answer
I haven’t written about it. I was asked here for my opinion about the court ruling regarding the sperm of the soldier who was killed, and I wrote an off-the-cuff response. See there also the short discussion about levirate marriage. The subject requires clarification, and this is not the place.
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