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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; Judaism</title>
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	<description>An intellectual climate favorable to marriage</description>
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		<title>Rabbi Spolter on the &#8220;Statement of Principles&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/30/rabbi-spolter-on-the-statement-of-principles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently a petition called the &#8220;Statement of Principles&#8221; has gone around the Orthodox Jewish community about the status of homosexual members of Jewish congregations.  The petition makes a number of good points.  For instance, it reaffirms the obligation to treat one&#8217;s fellow with dignity and respect.  It also reaffirms the impossibility of marriage redefinition according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting and Happiness</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/29/parenting-and-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot to be said for cultivating stoic virtues.  The best people in the world, as far as I&#8217;m concerned are those that are determined to bestow upon others what they need.  And they will make their own wants secondary.
The pursuit of happiness is fine.  But assigning too high a priority to happiness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distinctions</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/22/distinctions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wisdom is about making distinctions.
The great medieval Jewish commentator on the Bible, Rashi wrote (in his comments to Leviticus 11:47) that it is not sufficient to have great knowledge of our moral precepts.  Instead, the Torah requires us to be able to make distinctions between the pure and the impure.   Between right and wrong.  Rashi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judaism on Marriage and Children</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/09/judaism-on-marriage-and-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/09/judaism-on-marriage-and-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I discussed the difficulties of raising children.  Nevertheless, the enterprise is essential.  Here&#8217;s an article about what the Jewish sources have to say about the issue:
The  Bible depicts procreation as both a blessing and a commandment (Genesis  1:28, 9:1-7). Some medieval scholars count it as the first mitzva, both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage:  Variables and Constants</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/13/marriage-variables-and-constants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happy Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judaism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time I hear a debate about redefining marriage, those in favor of redefining the institution always uncork the same old argument.  Marriage, they say, is an institution that has changed very much over time.   Marriage used to be an economic and social institution.  It had much less  to do with  love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisest Rabbi</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/02/the-wisest-rabbi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/02/the-wisest-rabbi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you were to ask me, the wisest rabbi now in practice is Abraham Twerski.  Here are some of his thoughts on marriage:
The Talmud says that the relationship of a husband to his wife should be “to love her as much as he loves himself, and to respect her even more than he respects himself” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British court declares Judaism racist</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/27/british-court-declares-judaism-racist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/27/british-court-declares-judaism-racist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Judaism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the January 2010 issue of First Things, (unfortunately not yet on-line) David Goldman rhetorically asks: &#8220;Have Birtain&#8217;s jews ever undergone a legal assault on the practice of thier religion within their own institutions?&#8221; 
They have now. A British court has ruled that an Orthodox Jewish school&#8217;s admission policy violated the UK&#8217;s civil rights laws which [...]]]></description>
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