Why is there no asher yatzar after marital relations?

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No Blessing on marital relations? discusses a before blessing.

Why is there no after blessing for ejaculation?

Here are some reasons why ejaculation is different from sneezing

It occurs in the "nether regions", like the other asher yatzar activities
It involves substance moving from deep within the body to outside the body whereas the substance of a sneeze is not very deep within the body.

Yes! If your ureter is blocked during ejaculation, your semen will backfire into your bladder. I can't find info on whether this is unhealthy, but if it happens every time, one won't be able to have children. — Clint Eastwood, Mar 12 '14 at 21:01
not having children wouldn't constitute אי אפשר להתקיים — Y e z, Mar 12 '14 at 21:13
But not being able to pass gass would be a אי אפשר להתקיים yet no asher yatzar is said on that — Clint Eastwood, Mar 12 '14 at 23:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 20:46

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Asher Yatzar says "that if one of them were opened or one of them were closed, a person would be unable to maintain himself" i.e. the functions that we say Asher Yatzar on pose health problems would we not be able to perform them. Many people get vasectomies and are fine. So the blessing isn't appropriate.

answered Mar 12 '14 at 20:46

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People survive colostomies too. – Double AA Mar 12 '14 at 20:51
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@DoubleAA I'm not sure why providing an alternate route for waste proves anything? That faculty is not ended, just rerouted. – Y e z Mar 12 '14 at 20:53
Vasectomies don't stop semen production TTBOMK; it just gets rerouted. – Double AA Mar 12 '14 at 20:54
@DoubleAA see here it is reabsorbed, not emitted. As opposed to waste, which has an alternate route to emission. – Y e z Mar 12 '14 at 20:58
Define emitted. It leaves the regular שבילי הזרע. – Double AA Mar 12 '14 at 20:59
@DoubleAA but it remains in your body. Waste does not. Waste remaining in your body is harmful. Semen is not. – Y e z Mar 12 '14 at 20:59
What I had in mind when I asked the question is that the danger occurs when the semen has already been produced and now "wants" to come out, but it cannot due to a blockage. – Clint Eastwood Mar 12 '14 at 21:03
@ClintEastwood After a vasectomy semen is still produced. See linked article in comment above. – Y e z Mar 12 '14 at 21:06
I think you need to prove that if the organ is blocked it is not harmful. The Berachah is about the body working properly, not about waste finding its way out of the body. – Seth J Mar 12 '14 at 23:32
@SethJ a vasectomy is the organ being blocked. I'm not sure what else to say. – Y e z Mar 12 '14 at 23:59
Semen still exits. – Seth J Mar 13 '14 at 00:06
@SethJ right... and yet people survive. Yaakov survived for 60 years with semen production and no expulsion. The existence of semen isn't harmful. That's my whole point. – Y e z Mar 13 '14 at 00:14
Right. And my point is that that's an inadequate proof. You need to prove that total organ blockage is not harmful. At least, IMO. – Seth J Mar 13 '14 at 00:16
@SethJ maybe I don't understand what you mean by total organ blockage. In a vasectomy, the organ is totally blocked. And not harmful. So can you clarify for me? – Y e z Mar 13 '14 at 00:18
Does Halachah regard the vas as an organ? – Seth J Mar 13 '14 at 01:06
Clint's comment about passing gas seems like a good counter-example to his own question. – Seth J Mar 13 '14 at 01:08

Why is there no asher yatzar after marital relations?

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