Talmud Bavli
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Halakhah for Yevamot 130:3

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> האיש מצווה על פריה ורביה אבל לא האשה רבי יוחנן בן ברוקה אומר על שניהם הוא אומר (בראשית א, כח) ויברך אותם אלהים ויאמר להם [אלהים] פרו ורבו:

said, 'She miscarried two'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And, consequently, her proneness to miscarry is not established. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> and she said, 'three'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that she miscarried three times and has thus established a reputation for miscarriage. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> — R. Isaac b. Eleazar stated: Such a case was dealt with at the college, and it was ruled that she was to be believed; for if she had not miscarried<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Three times, as she pleaded. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>

Sefer HaMitzvot

That is that He commanded us to be fruitful and multiply, with the intention of preserving the species. And that is the commandment of piryah verivyah. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "And you, be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 9:7). And they have already explained (Berakhot 16a) that a groom is exempt from the recitation of Shema on account of being busy with [this] commandment. And the laws of this commandment have already been explained in Chapter 7 of Yevamot. But women are not obligated in this commandment. And in the explanation, they said (Yevamot 65b), "A man is commanded to be fruitful and multiply, but not a woman." (See Parashat Bereishit; Mishneh Torah, Marriage 15.)
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