Intimate Judaism
Our monthly podcast, INTIMATE JUDAISM, addresses intimacy and healthy sexuality in the context of Jewish family life. We raise conflicts and challenges and candidly offer solutions while remaining firmly within the bounds of Torah and Halacha.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
(12) Monogamy and Exclusivity: Defining, Preventing and Dealing with Betrayal
Sexual exclusivity is a core value of Jewish marriage. Extramarital sexual contact – infidelity – represents not only a breach of Jewish law, but also a rupture of the couple’s loyalty and trust. Whi…
(11) Homosexuality, Asexuality, and More: Responding to Listener Questions
Talli Rosenbaum and Rabbi Scott Kahn address your questions in this special Q&A episode of Intimate Judaism. Among the issues they deal with are homosexuality and Orthodoxy, Halacha's attitude toward…
(10) When "Family Purity” Strains Your Marriage
Many people are taught that following Taharat HaMishpacha - the laws of family purity - keeps a marriage fresh, and adds passion to a couple's sexual relationship. Often, this is true, but many times…
(9) "My Spouse Wants Sex Less Often Than I Do!" - What Does Halacha Say?
Are sexual relations in Jewish marriage mandatory? Can either partner demand sexual relations at any time? How do we reconcile that concept with the understanding that autonomy and mutual consent are…
(8) Sex Within Marriage: What's Allowed and What's Not?
Judaism’s view of sex within marriage- is it really ruled by do’s and dont’s or does anything go? What do the sources actually say? Join Talli Rosenbaum and Rabbi Scott Kahn for a frank and enlighten…
(7) Jewish #MeToo: Does Adherence to Jewish Law Provide Safety from Sexual Assault?
In his recent analysis of the “#MeToo earthquake,” Rabbi Avi Shafran, Agudath Israel of America’s director of public affairs, bemoans the “supposedly enlightened, progressive, post-patriarchal societ…
(6) The Wedding Night
Many couples await the wedding night with anticipation and excitement, as they are finally permitted to express their desire for one another and to consummate their relationship. For some couples, h…
(5) Bonus Episode - Shomer Negiah: The Listeners Strike Back
Intimate Judaism's most recent episode, ‘Shomer Negiah: Premarital Sexual Activity and Jewish Values," generated plenty of comments, discussion, and disagreement. In this bonus episode, Talli Rosenba…
(4) Shomer Negiah: Navigating Premarital Sexual Activity and Jewish Law and Values
As human beings, we are wired for connection, and the desire for intimate touch is a natural instinct. However, Jewish Law is clear that premarital sexual activity, even when it doesn't involve sexua…
(3) Raising Sexually Healthy Children (Part 2)
Preparing our children so that they grow up to be healthy, independent, and happy adults requires giving them the right messages at all stages of their development. What is the connection between gro…
(2) Raising Sexually Healthy Children (Part 1)
Almost all parents try to raise their children in a manner that both reflects the parents' moral values, and gives children the necessary tools so that they lead fulfilling and emotionally healthy li…
(1) Masturbation, Sexual Health, & Halacha: Is There A Conflict?
Halachic sources state that male masturbation is unequivocally prohibited under Jewish law. This prohibition, however, often creates serious conflict and guilt in the religious and private lives of y…
