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jewish teaching within family
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Jewish teaching within family In this essay I will look at what Jews believe they must do to bring up and care for their family, what rabbi's say on this and what is written in the bible. The first thing I will examine is contraception many Jews consider a large family as a blessing from god and for this reason see contraception as a hindrance and interference with the divine plan. "God formed the world.... He created it not to remain empty; he made it to be populated" Isaiah but on the other hand Judaism regards preserving life as of much importance or more. Where there may be complications or a hazard to the woman if she falls pregnant contraception should be used .using contraceptives for convenience how ever is not regarded as an excuse i.e. paying for their TV instead of having children is not considered acceptable in Judaism. Judaism considers it...
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