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Put in a new introduction that tries to cover a broad range of methods and authors within "Jewish ethics". Hope you like it.

Perhaps we should put most of the remainder of the article into a section that might be entitled "Sampling of themes in Jewish ethics". This would include: 2 Jewish family ethics, 3 Altruistic virtues, 4 Prophetic ethics, 5 Ethics in rabbinic literature, 6 Justice, 7 Truth and Peace, 8 Charity, 9 Peace and hatred, 10 Sanctification of God's name, 11 Animals and the environment, 12 Bioethics.

Frankly, I would be inclined to delete these sections because they do not seem appropriate for such a diverse topic in an encyclopedia. Comments? HG

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Contents 1 biblical ethics 2 perkei avot 3 Marriage and sexual relations 4 heading box

[edit] biblical ethics

What about the ethics written by Shlomo HaMelekh in Mishle ? (which is by the way the source for many jewish ethical books) And what about Rabbeinu Bachye's ben Asher who in his commentary to the torah begins each portion explaining a verse in Mishle--69.114.174.131 20:51, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] perkei avot

perkei avot cant just be called ethics, b/c it doesnt just say the law, but whats beyond the letter of the law "milsa dichasidusa". for ethics you will need to learn musser which is not only ethics from the musser movement but from many sources for example Mishle, sefarim that explain Mishle, in RaMBaM's hilchot yosodei hatorah it explains which traits a person must stay away from, in the Tanya it explains how to fight depression etc. But in perkei avot which is devided in 6 chapters are not all devoted to ethics for example the 6th chpter is called kinyan torah and lists the virtues of the torah--69.114.174.131 21:16, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marriage and sexual relations

Marriage is called kidushin, or 'making holy'. To set up a family home is to take part in an institution imbued with holiness. Celibacy is regarded as wrong because in the Torah (Genesis 2:18 and Isaiah 45:18), God told Jews to multiply. Sex is not considered acceptable outside marriage, but it is an important part of the love and care shown between partners. Sexual relations are forbidden during the time of the woman's period. A week after her period has ended, she will go to the mikveh (the ritual immersion pool) where she will fully immerse herself and become ritually clean again. Sexual relations may then resume. Married couples need to find other ways of expressing their love for each other during these times, and many say that the time of abstention enhances the relationship. Adultery, incest, and homosexuality are prohibited in the Torah (Leviticus 18:6–23). However, Reform and Liberal Jews accept homosexuality, and homosexuals are not persecuted by Orthodox Jews. Prostitution is forbidden, but this is tempered with understanding and a caring attitude for people who, for reasons of poverty, may have chosen to resort to prostitution. --HIZKIAH (User • Talk) 17:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] heading box

is someone able to put in the box for the links to headings that you see on most wikipedia pages Watters (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 07:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)