Mitzvah of Procreation
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Castration
Wasting Seed, and Birth Control
The requirement for spouses to participate in sexual relations
The Mitzvah of Procreation
Procreation as the Purpose of the Creation of the World: Chagigah 2b
Rabbinic enactments
to enable procreation: Chagigah 2b
Gd and the two parents as partners in creating a child: Kiddushin 30b
Having children depends upon
Mazal
: Moed Katan 28a
Where it will cause the birth of wicked people: Berachot 10a
Hashem puts one who is married without children in
Ex-Communication
: Pesachim 113b
Mourning for one who dies without children: Moed Katan 27b
Whether women are obligated in Procreation: Shabbat 111a; Eruvin 27a; Ketuvot 64a; Kiddushin 34a, 34b-35a
Why women may want to procreate even without a mitzvah of producing children: Ketuvot 64a
Statement against those men who travel to Israel, leaving their wives alone for long periods of time: Gittin 6b
Postponing
divorce
for the sake of the children: Eruvin 41b
Compelling divorce
if a couple is married for ten years without producing a child: Ketuvot 77a-b
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