Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Can a woman get pregnant from having sex standing up?

Interestingly enough todays Daf (Sanhedrin 37) says no. The Gemara states as follows:
it says "u'Vnei Yechanyah Asir She'alti'el Beno"; His son is called "Asir" because he was conceived in jail; "She'alti'el" - Hash-m was Shosel (planted) him in the womb unnaturally. Normally, a woman does not get pregnant having sex while standing, but his mother did. (There was no room in the jail cell for them to lie down.)
While this may seem to make sense this is of course medically not correct.

3 comments:

  1. That daf is such a treasure trove of staggering claims, it's hard to decide which one to single out for special attention.

    Anyway, the same daf urges us to refrain from responding to jewish heretics because they're beyond hope (see rashi). :-)

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  2. The Gemara talks about women?? and sex??? It must be banned!

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