הֲלָכָה וּמִשְׁפָּט Our experts
Torah scholarship and legal mastery, side by side.
Two questions decide whether a Jewish surrogacy journey ends in clarity or in doubt: Is it sound in halacha? and Is it sound in law? Naviva was built so that both answers are yes — provably, in writing, for your specific family.
רַבָּנוּת Rabbinic leadership
Guided by a foremost posek in reproductive halacha.
Naviva’s halachic program is directed by a rav internationally regarded as a top authority on surrogacy in Jewish law — a subject-matter expert whose rulings on assisted reproduction, egg donation, and maternal identity are relied upon by rabbanim, dayanim, and fertility clinics across the world. Working alongside him is a team of rabbinic supervisors and trained mashgichot who are present where it matters most: inside the lab.
- Hashgacha in the embryology lab — witnessed chain of custody at retrieval, fertilization, and transfer
- Halachic criteria for egg-donor selection, decided before you view a single profile
- Maternal-status determination, documented for your community
- Geirus l’chumra coordination when your community’s standard calls for it
- Kohen-related questions handled with discretion and rigor
- Cycle scheduling that respects Shabbat and yom tov
- A written halachic record your child can stand on — at school, at shul, under the chuppah
Have your own rav? We brief him at every decision point and follow his psak for your family.
עוֹרְכֵי דִּין Legal counsel
Attorneys who practice surrogacy law — and only surrogacy law.
Assisted-reproduction law in the United States is a patchwork: what’s routine in one state is impossible in the next. Our legal panel consists of attorneys who are subject-matter experts in surrogacy and ART — it is their entire practice, not a sideline — licensed and experienced in the states where our journeys unfold.
- Gestational carrier agreements that protect both families fairly
- Pre-birth and post-birth parentage orders, matched to each state’s law
- Egg and sperm donation agreements with airtight status language
- Bonded escrow management and disbursement oversight
- Insurance review — the trap that catches unadvised families
- Hospital paperwork, birth certificates, passports, and citizenship documents
- Guidance for Israeli and other international intended parents
Every surrogate receives her own independent counsel, so no one ever signs across from an empty chair.
יַחַד Working together
One table, not two silos.
The halachic calendar shapes the legal timeline; the legal strategy shapes the medical plan. Our rabbinic and legal teams sit at the same table from your first consultation — so a decision made in one room never surprises you in another. You’ll be introduced to both teams personally at your first consultation.
Bring us your hardest question first.
Kohen married to a bat Yisrael? Embryos already created abroad? A community with an exacting standard? Start there — that’s what our experts are for.