Rabbanit Jenna Englender
The nation traveling through the desert, constantly crying out for sustenance, have turned against Moshe and God who seek to feed them as they assume the maternal role. Rabbanit Jenna Englender speaks of the pain of postpartum when a baby will not latch or feed, and the image of a feeding infant in Judaism.
Rabbi Jeffrey Fox
The requirement for a woman to “pump and dump” relies on an assumption that the prohibition to express and save milk is biblical. However, prohibitions which are for the many, from the rabbis or for a constructive purpose may be done through the assistance of a non-Jew, which includes milking an animal. Despite, as Rabbi Jeffrey Fox acknowledges, the problematic nature of this comparison, there is room to permit saving milk produced on Shabbat.
Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez
The milk itself, considered food, is destructive to waste, and may be donated to anyone, regardless of religion. Indeed, continues Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez, it may be received from a mother of any religion; as it is considered medicine, anyone may bring or receive milk through a bank or a woman.
Rabbi Lila Kagedan
Through a lens of bioethics, Rabbi Lila Kagedan examines the values of just and equal access to milk banks and beneficent support from a medical staff. With these in mind, the mental anguish resulting from pressure and the physical need for nourishment become significantly more complex.