Navigating Halacha Associated With Infertility Treatments

This lecture will explore halacha (Jewish law) as it applies to common infertility treatments and procedures.

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Course curriculum

    1. Video Course

    1. Evaluation

Course Details

  • $18.00
  • 1 hour of video content

About the course

1.0 contact hour (CE credit)
Expiration date: November 1, 2027

This lecture will explore halacha (Jewish law) as it applies to common infertility treatments and procedures:

  • Blood draws, injections, and ultrasound monitoring required on Shabbos, use of in-home phlebotomy services
  • IUI, IVF, and egg retrieval on Shabbos
  • Obtaining a semen analysis using vaginal collection, medical condoms, and frozen sperm samples
  • Early ovulation and its impact on infertility treatments and procedures
  • Gynecologic procedures, egg retrieval, semen procurement during niddah (days surrounding menstrual cycle) 
  • Marital relations during the time of niddah (days surrounding menstrual cycle)


Please note: This lecture will discuss and analyze high level rabbinic sources.


Learning Outcome
The learner will report this educational activity provides information that improves, supports, or causes a change in their practice.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

To obtain CE credits, learners must complete 90% of the lecture. Partial credit will not be granted. Learners will receive a CE certificate upon completion of the lecture and submission of a course evaluation form. 

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this lecture. 

Conflict of Interest
The presenter declares no conflicts of interest.

Instructor

Rabbi Elan Segelman

Rabbi Segelman is the rabbinic director of PUAH Institute. He obtained his B.A. in Psychology from Touro College's Lander College for Men in New York, as well as an M.A. from Touro College's Graduate School of Jewish Studies. Shortly after completing his Semicha, he was appointed as a Shoel U'Maishiv and Rebbe in the Lander College Judaic Studies Program. In 2016, Rabbi Segelman became the Rabbinic Educator at New York Medical College & Touro College of Dental Medicine in Valhalla, NY. Rabbi Segelman currently resides in Los Angeles, California, where he serves as the Rabbi of the Young Israel of Hancock Park.