The Importance of Fertility

Some have seen these verses as a license to commit rape, lien and havoc upon the planet. Some scholars agree that the creation account in the first chapter of Genesis was written by the priestly one. The rabbinical consensus seems to be that if there is any doubt, the newborn child must be converted to Judaism. Jewish women are forbidden to be tested during menstruation. While IVF is permitted, semen cannot come from a Jewish man who is not the woman's husband.