Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life Page #4

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We make everything impure.

We can't even hand them a cup.

Is all that in the Talmud?

What are you saying?

What's come over you?

I believe in this law,

and so do you.

Really? And do you also think

that woman is fickle

and her heart inconstant?

Why is the Torah forbidden to us?

I mean I would like to carry it.

I'd like to stand in the synagogue

and take it in my hands

like a man.

You're crazy!

Look at the others.

They live differently.

They watch television,

listen to the radio.

Look at them when they

drive by.

The women wear short sleeves.

They can laugh, they can drive.

Once a woman with bare arms

walked by.

The Hassidim threw stones at her.

You think we're living normal lives?

You say that,

but you'll never leave us.

"On the mounts of Judah

and in the streets of Jerusalem,

"will soon be heard

shouts of joy and elation,

"the voice of the bridegroom

and his bride.

"Enter in peace.

"Be the crown of your husband.

"Enter in joy and elation.

"You have shown faith

"and your people have been chosen.

"Enter, bride, enter.

"Blessed God who has created the

fruit of the vine."

The mother presents the cup

to the bride.

"If I forget you Jerusalem,

let my right hand be taken.

"Let my tongue stick to the

roof of my mouth if I forget you.

"If I hold not Jerusalem

as my greatest joy."

I like the way you sit and walk.

Your hair ripples like

waves in the sea.

Hello, how are you?

Anything new?

Rivka has arrived.

You can go in.

Rabbi Moshe Levi Steinberg

says on page 24 of his book

"The Laws of Women"

that artificial insemination

is strictly forbidden.

After insemination,

a wife is forbidden to her husband.

Do you do as you must with your

husband? Are your legs wide open?

You're a beautiful woman.

But you must excite him,

attract him.

Does he touch you? Lick you?

God forbid! Doctor!

I know that the Orthodox position is

man on top

and woman at the bottom

but we can try new things.

Did you do it while

ovulating?

Do you know what that means?

Undress.

There are some pleasant surprises.

We women are not always at fault.

Science and medicine

can sometimes help

and better than any amulet.

Surprising as it may seem,

it can be the man who is sterile.

That's the good news, Rivka.

But will it be any help?

All the tests show that

you can have children.

Maybe its time

we call in your husband.

Meir? He won't come.

What he should do is have

his sperm analyzed.

I know it's forbidden.

"Thou shall not spill

thy seed in vain"

Two,

three...

four,

five,

six,

seven,

eight,

nine,

ten,

eleven,

twelve.

Like the twelve tribes of Israel.

I noticed a spot on

my underpants.

but it's not my period.

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