01-14-2008, 05:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2019, 12:32 PM by Director Michael.)
BS"D
Thanks for your questions and comments:
Spermicide without a condom is certainly not a problem, because the seed is not emitted outside of the woman.
The use of condoms during intercourse is an obvious question, and it is indeed forbidden for Jewish men.
However, for Gentiles, the ACT itself accomplishes the positive ACT that is allowed (i.e. maintaining attachment with one's spouse through marital relations). For this reason, there is no basis for a definitive ruling that it is forbidden for Gentiles.
Please see Post #2 in this thread of our Forum:
https://asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2025
I have checked internationally with great Rabbis on this issue. They can't find a proof anywhere in Torah on which to base a ruling that it is definitely forbidden for Gentiles. If a Noahide wants conduct himself above the minimum level of the halacha, then he can make the decision to not used condoms, and only use birth control methods in which the seed is emitted inside and then destroyed before or without conception, or in which the fertilized egg is passed to the outside without being actively killed in the process.
Best regards,
Director Michael
Thanks for your questions and comments:
bdschuh Wrote:If a Noahide man is forbidden to spill seed. . . does it logically follow that any contraception that works on semen would be prohibited-- including condoms and spermicide?
Spermicide without a condom is certainly not a problem, because the seed is not emitted outside of the woman.
The use of condoms during intercourse is an obvious question, and it is indeed forbidden for Jewish men.
However, for Gentiles, the ACT itself accomplishes the positive ACT that is allowed (i.e. maintaining attachment with one's spouse through marital relations). For this reason, there is no basis for a definitive ruling that it is forbidden for Gentiles.
bdschuh Wrote:Also, the morning after pill does not abort anything, as some people think. But rather it prevents a conception.
Please see Post #2 in this thread of our Forum:
https://asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2025
bdschuh Wrote:Please check again about condoms.
I have checked internationally with great Rabbis on this issue. They can't find a proof anywhere in Torah on which to base a ruling that it is definitely forbidden for Gentiles. If a Noahide wants conduct himself above the minimum level of the halacha, then he can make the decision to not used condoms, and only use birth control methods in which the seed is emitted inside and then destroyed before or without conception, or in which the fertilized egg is passed to the outside without being actively killed in the process.
Best regards,
Director Michael