Judaism

Question 1

Hasidim Quotes: Dress

Answer 1

“Do not round the corners of your head, nor mar the edges of your beard” (Leviticus)

“tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.” (Deuteronomy)

Question 2

Hasidim Quote: personal piety

Answer 2

“purity of the heart was superior to study” ( The Jewish Dictionary online)

Question 3

Hasidim quote: rituals

Answer 3

“All bones will say, ‘God. who is like you?’” (Talmud)

Question 4

Bioethics quote: Pikuach Nefesh

Answer 4

“Whosoever destroys a single life.. It is as though he had destroyed a complete world” (Talmud)

Question 5

Bioethics quote: Abortion

Answer 5

“Until forty days from conception the fetus is merely water. It is not yet considered a living being,” (Talmud)

Question 6

Bioethics quote: Reproductive technologies

Answer 6

“anything that assists reproduction, helping to overcome infertility, is welcome as a great blessing.” (Yoel Jakobovits)

“Spilling of seed” (Genesis)

Question 7

Bioethics quote: Euthanasia

Answer 7

“One who is in a dying condition is regarded as a living person in all respects.” (Semachot 1:1)

Question 8

Bioethics quote:

Answer 8

“if there is anything which causes a hindrance to the departure of the soul…it is permissible to remove [it]” (Responsa)

Question 9

Marriage quote: Procreation

Answer 9

“Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis)

Question 10

Marriage quote: Unity

Answer 10

“a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Genesis)

Question 11

Marriage quote: Necessity of marriage

Answer 11

“Any man who has no wife is no proper man” (Yebamoth 63a)

Question 12

Marriage quote: Rituals

Answer 12

“A man encompasses a woman” (Jeramiah)

Question 13

Marriage quotes: Dress

Answer 13

“And she [Rebekah] took the veil and covered herself.” Genesis 24:65)
“you shall make for yourself fringes” (Deut 22)