Category: Gender, Marriage & Family

May A Single Man Fulfill The Mitzvah Of Pru U’rvu (procreation)? (Hebrew)

Amy Pollak (Posted on March 8, 2018)
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

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Marriage for People with Down Syndrome

by Rabbi Dov LinzerPosted on July 31, 2017

This is a shiur that Rabbi Linzer gave at the Young Israel of Sharon, MA, on July 26, 2017. Click on the following audio link to listen to the shiur and follow along with the sources below:   https://library.yctorah.org/wp-content/audio/SBM2017RabbiLinzerFellowsShiur.mp3   1.…

Who Teaches Torah to Your Nation Israel

by Rabbi Dov LinzerPosted on April 4, 2017

This is a speech delivered by Rabbi Dov Linzer at the YCT Annual Tribute Dinner in March 2017 Barukh atah Hashem ha’melamed Torah li’amo Yisrael.  Blessed are You God who teaches Torah to your nation, Israel. This second birkhat ha’Torah follows אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו לעסוק בדברי תורה, the mitzvah-blessing for Torah study.…

The Bond and the Desire: Marriage and Family in A Postmodern World in the Thought of Rav Shagar (Hebrew)

by Rabbi Yair DreyfussPosted on December 2, 2016

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Torah Study for Women in the Thought of Rav Shagar (Hebrew)

by Rabbanit Dr. Michal TikochinskyPosted on December 2, 2016

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Mother’s Milk: A Psychoanalyst Looks at Breastfeeding

by Michelle Friedman, MDPosted on November 8, 2016

To read Mother’s Milk: A Psychoanalyst Looks at Breastfeeding, click here.…

“This isn’t what anyone expected….”

by Michelle Friedman, MDPosted on November 7, 2016

Sara, 23, and Raphael, 28 just became parents of a much wanted baby boy.  The  brit was a joyous event but Raphael noticed that his wife was distant and preoccupied throughout the morning. Over the following weeks, Sara, usually a cheerful, easy going and very social young woman, seemed more and more changed.…

Onah, Pilegesh and the Sanctity of Marital Intimacy in the Thought of Ramban

by Rabbi Dov LinzerPosted on October 26, 2016

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A Short History of Biblical Intermarriage: From Chamor to Ruth

by Rabbi Francis NatafPosted on October 26, 2016

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Woman of Folly, Woman of Valor: A Feminine Perspective on the Book of Proverbs

by Dr. Michelle LevinePosted on October 21, 2016

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What Does It Take to Make a Match?

by Rabbi Haggai ResnikoffPosted on September 7, 2016

There is a need in our community for a review of the criteria we use in selecting mates (values and personal traits rather than aesthetic and material concerns). In addition there is a need to reemphasize that making the choice is not enough- there is tremendous work that still needs to go into a marriage and that very work is the source of the love between the partners.…

What Endangers the World of Torah and The Rabbinate?

by Rabbi Nathaniel HelfgotPosted on July 22, 2016

מה מסכן את עולם התורה ואת הרבנות? By Rav Yoel Bin Nun Rav Yoel Bin Nun is the former rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Kibbutz Hadati and a founding faculty member of Michlelet Herzog of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and a faculty member at Yeshivat Har Etzion and other Torah institutions.…