Family and Relationships
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Raising Kids
Hello: What do I have to say to my 3 and 4 year-old kids when they say bad words about their mother and myself. They call us bad names whenever we refuse to give them what they ask for. I…
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Swimming attire
What is considered proper women’s attire for swimming? The question of modest dress is a difficult one for modern women to deal with because the society in which we live gives incredibly mixed messages.On the one hand we are told…
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Women in the Torah
I am currently a student studying at the University level “Women in Religion”. Being of jewish background I found myself face to face being told a lot about a religion I know very little about. We are studying “texts of…
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Social Life of Orthodox Jews
Hi there. I am a born Jew searching for some answers to questions I have on the orthodox sect on the religion I’ve come to love. My question I have right now is more to do with the social aspects…
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Two Religions In One Family
Is it ok for me to marry a catholic men? He wants to marry me in front of an catholic church. First, thanks for asking this question. It must have been hard to realize that the question needed to be…
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Prayers to Help with Infertility
Is there a prayer for children/fertility I can say every day? I myself was childless for the first eleven years of my marriage, so I understand your frustration and yearning, and hope that your prayers will soon be answered along…
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Marital Disagreements
Why do spouses often disagree? The last two words of Gen.2:18 mean “assistant” and “opponent”. A good relationship has both aspects; working together requires interaction, and produces friction as a byproduct.
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Masturbation and Wasting Seed
Where does the Torah forbid “wasting seed”? The most authoritative work of Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch (Even Ha’ezer ch. 23), states categorically that “it is forbidden to release semen for no purpose and this is as serious a sin…