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September 3, 2024 9:50 am

What is meant by the blessing and imperative to “be fruitful and multiply”? What are the different levels of this

June 24, 2024 12:41 pm

Please start by reading Physical Intimacy I: Marital Intimacy and Physical Intimacy II: Boundaries & Touch What touch (negia) is

April 2, 2024 8:48 am

Please start by reading Physical Intimacy I: Marital Intimacy How does Halacha regulate touch, in and out of marriage? What

February 7, 2024 8:11 pm

What perspectives on physical intimacy does our tradition offer? What is the halachic framework for intimacy in marriage? What should

November 29, 2023 2:04 pm

Return to Wedding VIII: The Wedding Ceremony – Kiddushin. Read “Nissuin” prior to reading this. How do the later stages

November 12, 2023 7:53 am

Return to Wedding VII: The Wedding Ceremony Before Kiddushin. Read “The Concept of Kiddushin” prior to reading this. What is

August 29, 2023 8:43 pm

Return to Wedding VI: The Wedding Day What are the halachot and customs of the first steps of a wedding,

July 6, 2023 2:47 pm

Back to Marriage V: Sheva Berachot What are the halachot and customs of the wedding day, from mikveh, to fasting,

May 18, 2023 11:51 am

Back to Marriage IV: Ketuba What are Sheva Berachot and what role do they serve? Who can recite them? What

April 23, 2023 3:00 pm

Back to Marriage I: The Concept of Kiddushin Is kiddushin a mitzva? What type of beracha is Birkat Eirusin? Who