Kosher Sex?

you get it at the deli?

Depends on who works at the Deli!

As I'm sure you're aware, "kosher" refers to certain requirements for food. If you mean "kosher" in the colloquial sense of "permitted" then that depends on your morals, doesn't it? E. g. do you need to wait until marriage, must it be heterosexual contact, must it be straight intercourse or can it be something else, etc.

Sex is neither kosher nor non-kosher. Ultra orthodox Jews have sexual practices with regards to their faith, so I suppose that colloquially, you could call it "kosher".............

No mutual bacon-frying in the nude, and no cloven hooved animals involved, I would expect...

Source of this question: Essay by Rabbi S. Riskin in last week's International Jerusalem Post. The Rabbi was discussing the following passage from Leviticus:

"You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy".
Leviticus 19:2

Rabbi Riskin now asks " How does one become holy"? Two Jewish philosophers take up different points of view. The first states, that to be holy, one must be holy in ALL things in life. The second states, to be holy, according to the Leviticus passage, is to be holy in marriage. Namely, to be holy is to engage in "kosher sex".

Jespah has given an excellent response and one with which I agree, although I couldn't possibly have expressed myself as well.

However, to be holy before God, I believe, we must be holy in all things, not only one aspect of our lives, namely married life.


Back a bit: Hebrew root for marriage is the same (?) as the root for holy? (Correct me if I'm wrong).

a splash or this or dat on my pickle?????????????

great pickle and bunn!


opps that was the other topic - something bout smells and bbq

Oh?

How many couples are actually "holy" in marriage?

My Mrs says "holy man o'geez" all the time

I don't know, but this site may be of help, I learned a lot:

http://www.jewfaq.org/sex.htm

Thanks for the link, CAV.

ORAL SEX:

A Rabbi, I consulted has informed me, that the only place where "oral sex"
is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, as far as he knows iis in "The Song of Songs". To figure this out, you have to be Hebrew-proficient.

Here is Rabbi Boteach's opinion:

Host says:

what about oral sex?

Rabbi_Boteach says:

Now you're getting controversial. I got into a lot of trouble on that one. Basically, the Torah prohibits intentional destruction of seed. But, I contend that oral sex does not constitute this since the couple is not looking to frustrate the impregnation process but rather simply to do something new so that their sex doesn't become boring. The most important thing is always to have a healthy sex life with your spouse.

He wrote a controversial book called, funny enough, 'Kosher Sex'. A simple Google search will give you lots of info about it.

yikes!! man I got that turned around - but no problem I can deal with it!!
"Sex is the woman's right, not the man's. A man has a duty to give his wife sex regularly and to ensure that sex is pleasurable for her"

Her every breath is a sign
""He is also obligated to watch for signs that his wife wants sex, and to offer it to her without her asking for it. ""

Waste your seed?

So that's a prohibiton against masturbation?

Husker:

What's the source of the quotes?

"The most important thing is always to have a healthy sex life with your spouse. "


So, is that more important than a moral sex life?