Editing Castration (section)

===Judaism===
[[Judaism]] strictly forbids the castration of either humans or animals.<ref>[[Talmud]] [[Shabbat (Talmud)|Shabbos]] 110b</ref> Deuteronomy 23:1 expels castrated men from the assembly of Israel; they are forbidden to marry or if married must divorce from their wives (though permitting the castrated to marry or remain married to female converts to Judaism). The laws of castration also apply to cases of irreversible or un-reversed vasectomy and all other cases where the flow of sperm is known to have been placed into a permanent state of dysfunction with either no hope or no desire to take the steps to repair.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ask the Rabbi: Vasectomy |url=https://www.aish.com/atr/Vasectomy.html |website=Aish.com |date=20 August 2011 |access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>

Isaiah 56:3–5 references in a positive welcoming manner eunuchs who follow after God's laws. "Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off."

According to [[Rashi]], Kham (Ham) castrated his father Noah and was cursed as a result.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Perani |first=Mauro |editor-first1=Mauro |editor-last1=Perani |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110901399/html?lang=en |title=The Words of a Wise Man's Mouth are Gracious |chapter="The Words of a Wise Man's Mouth are Gracious" (Qoh 10,12): Festschrift for Günter Stemberger on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday |publisher=[[De Gruyter]] |isbn=9783110901399 |volume=32 |location=[[Boston, New York]] |publication-date=2012-03-20 |pages=258 |language=en |doi=10.1515/9783110901399 |access-date=2024-04-27 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In Judaism, castrated animals are deemed unfit for [[sacrifice]] in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] ({{bibleverse||Lev|22:24|}}). Castrated members of the priestly caste are forbidden to enter certain parts of the temple, to approach the altar, or to make sacrifices, although they could eat their share of the offerings and receive the priestly and Levite gifts (Lev. 21:16–24).