Most people think we are not to follow the laws of the Jews, but I was curious about how the laws that regulated married life worked out. Most Jews don't follow these, now, but there is a group in New York that do. I read a report on their family life. I read other works about this, including how it worked out in the middle ages.
Actually, they are the same laws we have in the NT such as to love your wife as yourself and obey your husband. The Jews wrote instructions beyond what OT scripture gives, a sort of commentary and instruction book on how to act out what the bible says.
According to what I read, these ways of handling marriage works out in giving a foundation for a wonderful life. One instruction says that God counts tears, so they are not to make each other cry.
Sabbath starts at sundown on Friday night. Friday dinner is a celebration of Sabbath and family. There are many instructioons about it, part of it is a recitation of a prayer that praises the wife for what she has done for them during the week.
There are lots of other ways they are told to handle marriage. I was favorably impressed.
I hope lots of cc posters will comment.
Actually, they are the same laws we have in the NT such as to love your wife as yourself and obey your husband. The Jews wrote instructions beyond what OT scripture gives, a sort of commentary and instruction book on how to act out what the bible says.
According to what I read, these ways of handling marriage works out in giving a foundation for a wonderful life. One instruction says that God counts tears, so they are not to make each other cry.
Sabbath starts at sundown on Friday night. Friday dinner is a celebration of Sabbath and family. There are many instructioons about it, part of it is a recitation of a prayer that praises the wife for what she has done for them during the week.
There are lots of other ways they are told to handle marriage. I was favorably impressed.
I hope lots of cc posters will comment.