Bordered by Lilies - Water - a Symbol of Life
The Affirmation of Life The law of family purity also has a profound symbolic meaning, revealed when it is viewed in terms of the laws of “purity” and “impurity.” It has already been mentioned above…
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Hedged with Lilies - The Sanctity of Time
The extraordinary importance of the laws of family purity can be appreciated only in light of the fundamental principles of Jewish law that define a woman's rights and obligations. This will enable u…
Hedged with Lilies - Refining Sensuality
The law of family purity has another noteworthy feature: it influences the nature of the relationship between spouses and the way they see each other. Modern psychology and social circles influenced…
Hedged with Lilies - Lasting Mutual Attraction
The happiness that prevails in Jewish families observing Jewish law, even under present conditions, when the breakdown of the family all around us becomes more and more unstoppable with every passing…
Hedged with Lilies - The Importance of Family Purity Is Immeasurable
Words are inadequate to explain the importance Judaism attaches to these laws, especially to a generation whose members, for the most part, are not even aware of their existence. The punishment incur…
Hedged with Lilies - Purification—a Spiritual Mystery
And let us be cleansed of our impurity… Those who prepare themselves in this way for marriage and unite with one another after immersion in the mikveh, during which the woman blesses God and thanks H…
Hedged with Lilies - Overcoming the Conflict
Human Likeness to God — Human Instincts The unquestionable validity of the Torah's view of relations between the sexes becomes apparent to a Jewish man and woman only after they marry. Before this mo…
Hedged with Lilies - Body and Soul
“It is not good for man to be alone”—these words mean that a person's inherent ability to do good cannot be realized without a partner Body and Soul Judaism rejects both extremes—on the one hand, the…
Hedged with Lilies - Sex and Morality
Sex and Morality. An Age-Old Dilemma That Remains Relevant The impressive psychological (chiefly psychoanalytic) theories developed in the first decades of the twentieth century by Sigmund Freud and…
Hedged with Lilies - Education for Life
There is no more important subject in the modern world than the sanctity of life. Indeed, life is passing through an eclipse. Life expectancy has admittedly increased, but so has the danger of mass a…
Hedged with Lilies - Introduction
The Jewish Understanding of Sexuality and the Nature of Marriage “Your belly is a heap of wheat, surrounded by lilies” Song of Songs 7:3 “Rabbi Levi said: As is customary in the world, a man marries……