";s:4:"text";s:4092:" The years of romance and intense sexual activity are shorter and less enduring than the years of sustained, lifelong friendship. The fundamental principle at work here is Successful marriage requires the practice of the art of intimacy. If the couple is not yet prepared psychologically, why did they marry so young?
Maharam Rotenburg went so far as to say, "Let a curse descend upon a woman who has a husband and does not strive to be attractive." Hoffman, Lawrence A. "The sexual act is not something invented by man's lust and tolerated by an indulging G‑d. "Be fruitful and multiply" is not simply one of the commandments, it is everywhere in the Torah and it is always a blessing. The descriptions of the Bible suggest that a wife was expected to perform certain household tasks: spinning, sewing, weaving, manufacture of clothing, fetching of water, baking of bread, and The husband, too, is indirectly implied to have responsibilities to his wife. Part of the wisdom required of concerned parents is to know when to hold on and when to let go.Jewish law, which places so much emphasis on honoring parents, applies this theme in legal fashion to a case of conflict between parent and child regarding the child's marriage. When such a fusion exists, no integrity remains for the individual.Mature intimacy requires a deep, interpersonal relationship in which both people retain their individuality. It is not only a channel of life, but a channel of love. They believe that the evils of poverty, prejudice, hatred, and corruption, and the mind-boggling inequities of colonialism and capitalism are unremitting and essentially irrevocable. It would not have been difficult for Miriam to throw up her hands and resign the next generation, and with it all hopes of redemption.