The Book

Since ancient times, Judaism has offered a wide range of approaches on the matter of sexual expression within marriage, reflecting a wide range of interpretation and sensibility, and theoretically enabling each and every couple to tailor the law of this most intimate, private part of life to the unique physical and spiritual dimensions of their relationship.  

But a study of the sources reveals a trend in the last few hundred years to downplay, or even deny, Torah’s embrace of sexual exploration within marriage, generally revealing to the masses only its most puritanical approach.

This study opens up Judaism's sacred texts on sex to the English reader, providing an in-depth analysis of the relevant Talmudic-era passages as well as the medieval, post-medieval and latter-day Jewish commentaries and legal authorities.

 

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the author

Yaakov Shapiro

Yaakov Shapiro grew up in Conservative, Modern Orthodox, Lithuanian-Charedi and Chabad­-Chasidic Jewish schools, earning rabbinical ordination in the latter.

A nine-year researcher, translator, writer and filmmaker for Chabad-­Lubavitch’s media wing, he is currently spending his days in the world of business. But he continues to spend the nights researching and writing on areas of Jewish belief that can, and have, put sincere students of Torah at risk – psychologically, emotionally, physically, and therefore spiritually – with the confident belief that exhaustive source-textual analysis and reexamined translation will uncover a balanced, humane understanding of the Creator’s plan for Its creation.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Education

PIERCE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Masters of Business Administration, 1999

WORLD UNIVERSITY
B.A., Economics, 1995

Activities & Affiliations

• ABCD Bar Association, Member
• Constitutional Conservation, Member

Bar Admissions

• New York, Illinois, California

 
 
 
 
 

ASSOCIATE

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Education

EMPIRE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Masters of Accounting, 2002

NAMELESS UNIVERSITY
B.A., Accounting, 1999

Activities & Affiliations

Certified Public Accountant: New York (1980) & New Jersey (1987)
Certified Financial Planner (1992)