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Contraception VI: Sirus and Contraceptive Preference

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Contraception V: Hashchatat Zera & Contraceptives

What is the prohibition of wasting seed? What are the implications for the permissibility of various contraceptive methods? Transcript and sources here: https://www.der

Contraception IV: A Rabbi's Role & Beginning Marriage

What is a rabbi's role in making decisions about contraception? When is contraception permissible at the beginning of marriage? Transcript and sources here: https://www

Contraception III: Other Factors & Delay

Health and spacing aside, what factors may affect halachic decisions about contraception? Is it permissible to delay fulfilling the mitzva of procreation? Sources and t

Contraception II: Family Planning

When is contraceptive use permissible after childbirth? What about after pirya ve-rivya has been fulfilled? Transcript and sources here: https://www.deracheha.org/contr

Contraception I: Introduction & Permissibility for Health

When is contraception permissible? What roles do health considerations play in permissibility? Transcript and sources here: https://www.deracheha.org/contraception-1/ E

Procreation

What is meant by the blessing and imperative to "be fruitful and multiply"? What are the different levels of this mitzva, and how do they apply to women? Transcipt and

Marriage IX: The Wedding Ceremony – After Kiddushin

How do the later stages of the wedding, from reading the ketuba to yichud, work in practice? What are potential roles for women?  Transcript and sources here: https://w

Marriage VIII: The Wedding Ceremony - Kiddushin

What is the role of mesader kiddushin, and who can fulfill it? How is kiddushin conducted in practice? Can the kalla give the chatan a ring? Transcipt and sources here:

Marriage VII: The Wedding Ceremony before Kiddushin

What are the halachot and customs of the first steps of a wedding, from reception, to bedecken, to processional, to how the chuppa is made? Transcript and sources here:

Marriage VI: The Wedding Day

What are the halachot and customs of the wedding day, from mikveh, to fasting, to the dress and accessories? May a couple see each other prior to the wedding? Transcrip

Marriage V: Sheva Brachot

What are Sheva Berachot and what role do they serve? Who can recite them? Link to transcript and sources: https://www.deracheha.org/sheva-berachot/   Dedicate an episod

Marriage IV: The Ketuba

What is the ketuba? What are its contents and purpose? Transcript and sources here: https://www.deracheha.org/ketuba/ To dedicate an episode of Kol Deracheha email us

Marriage III: Nissuin

How does nissuin work and what are the implications? What are the obligations of husband and wife? Transcript and sources here: https://www.deracheha.org/nissuin/ Ema

Marriage II: Mitzva and Beracha of Kiddushin

Is kiddushin a mitzva? What type of beracha is Birkat Eirusin? Who can recite it? Transcript and sources here: https://www.deracheha.org/mitzva-and-beracha-of-kiddushin

Marriage I: The Concept of Kiddushin

What is kiddushin and how does it work? What are the man's and woman's roles in it? Transcript and sources here: https://www.deracheha.org/kiddushin/ To dedicate an e

Physical Intimacy III: Touch in Practice

What touch (negia) is permissible between women and men, and in what contexts? Sources and transcript here: https://www.deracheha.org/physical-intimacy-3/

Physical Intimacy II: Boundaries and Touch

How does Halacha regulate touch, in and out of marriage? What are the halachic underpinnings of shemirat negia? Transcript and sources here: https://www.deracheha.org/p

Physical Intimacy I: Marital Intimacy

What perspectives on physical intimacy does our tradition offer? What is the halachic framework for intimacy in marriage? Transcript and sources: https://www.deracheha.

Keri'at Ha-Torah III: Kevod Ha-tzibbur

What is kevod ha-tzibbur? How does this apply to the prospect of women reading from the Torah? Can it be waived or pushed aside? Transcript and sources here: https://ww