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Category Archives: Marriage
Sex Before Marriage In Orthodox Judaism
Marc B. Shapiro writes: Because the masses had no interest in what the rabbis had to say about this matter, R. Landsofer concludes that one need not even rebuke them, as they won’t listen anyway. Not long ago I heard … Continue reading
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Old Married Couple
This old married couple is in bed. The wife feels her husband’s hand on her neck and then it travels down her shoulder and over her chest and finally down to her thighs, where it stops. “Why you stop?” asks … Continue reading
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Rabbinic Views On Love Before & After Marriage
Marc B. Shapiro writes: There is an interesting responsum of R Yair Hayyim Bacharach, Havot Yair, no. 60, that deals with a man and woman who were in love and get married despite the strong opposition of the woman’s father. … Continue reading
Options = Instability
From the Chateau: A Chateau maxim as universal and relevant to life satisfaction as the famed CH aphorism Diversity + Proximity = War. The O=I theory was introduced in this original press post: Where you have options, you have trouble … Continue reading
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Love, Marriage & Orthodox Judaism
Marc B. Shapiro blogs: The Yated “translation” omits anything about R. Shulman and R. Sher’s daughter “falling in love.” This is because there is no such concept in the haredi world (and in traditional Jewish societies, in both the Ashkenazic … Continue reading