Kedushas Habayis — The Laws & Customs of Marital Intimacy

The questions a married couple finds hardest to ask are often the ones that matter most. This sefer gathers the halachos of marital intimacy from the Talmud, the Shulchan Aruch and the Poskim, together with the conduct of piety recorded in the Sifrei Mussar and Kabbalah, into one English reference, with the sources in over 3,000 footnotes.

Eight chapters and seven appendices, among them the Jewish perspective on marriage and its holiness, times of day and night, days of avoidance, the Mitzvah of Peru Urevu and public affection between a couple. A Summary & Checklist opens the book, with hundreds of practical Q&A throughout and a full index.

For married couples. In the author's own words: “This book is intended for married couples only, or Chassanim and Kallahs directly prior to their wedding.” It treats the subject explicitly.

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com and the author of many sefarim used in semicha programs.

442 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · hardcover and paperback · English