Modesty & Sexuality
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Married couple walking together
Why do Hasidic wives and children walk behind their husband and father? I’ve never seen Hasidic children walk behind their father on purpose. Most Hasidic women also walk together with their husbands as well. The few women that don’t, do…
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Dating before marriage
How do Jewish people date? I heard that they have a kind of date without kissing or hugging what looks like a very cold relationship. Not that I support extra-marriage relationships.. Thank’s for now! Orthodox Jews traditionally do not ‘date’…
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Premarital Sex
Is premarital sex forbidden? If so, by which Commandment? What if you want to have premarital sex to make sure there is sexual compatibility before making the decision to marry? Premarital sex is still prohibited by Torah law. See Lev.…
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Pornography
I was wondering if it says anywhere in the Torah not to look at Pornography, other than it being immodest. Answer: Thanks for your question. Judaism is a religion that teaches us to be careful regarding what we say, what…
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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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Homosexuality
Does the Torah forbid both male and female homosexuality? Male homosexuality is explicitly forbidden in Lev. 18:22. The sources that forbid sexual intimacy between women are Talmud Yevamos 76a and the Midrashim on Lev. 18:3 (which forbids “the deeds of…
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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…
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Cross-Dressing
Why is cross-dressing forbidden? Maimonides, in his law code Mishneh Torah, lists the cross-dressing prohibition of Deut. 22:5 (which forbids women wearing clothes that are ordinarily worn only by men and vice versa) under the category of laws relating to…
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Modesty for Little Girls
At what age do girls have to begin dressing according to the Jewish laws of modesty? From the age of 3, a girl should dress in a modest manner appropriate to her age in her society. This is very relative.…