Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (Short Course) · C125
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Revise: Jewish Perspectives on Sexual RelationshipsA different CCAR rabbinic response reaffirmed a 1979 position that sex within marriage remained the ideal. It argued that marriage gives intimacy kedushah, meaning holiness, through a public, lifelong commitment. From this perspective, a non-marital relationship may show respect, honesty and consideration without having the same sacred status as marriage.