So, if I don’t have children I’m considered dead? The Gemara in tractate Nedarim, page 64b, says that a person without children is tantamount to being dead. Okay….I haven't read the Torah and I don't know if this is to be taken literally, but I don't have children…..do you believe this means my life is worth nothing? Am I considered dead to Orthodox Jews? Just wondering.
2. Anonymous
11/23/2010
The Gemara in tractate Nedarim, page 64b, says that a person without children is tantamount to being dead. Okay….I haven't read the Torah and I don't know if this is to be taken literally, but I don't have children…..do you believe this means my life is worth nothing? Am I considered dead to Orthodox Jews? Just wondering.
11/23/2010
So, if I don’t have children I’m considered dead? The Gemara in tractate Nedarim, page 64b, says that a person without children is tantamount to being dead. Okay….I haven't read the Torah and I don't know if this is to be taken literally, but I don't have children…..do you believe this means my life is worth nothing? Am I considered dead to Orthodox Jews? Just wondering.
11/23/2010
The Gemara in tractate Nedarim, page 64b, says that a person without children is tantamount to being dead. Okay….I haven't read the Torah and I don't know if this is to be taken literally, but I don't have children…..do you believe this means my life is worth nothing? Am I considered dead to Orthodox Jews? Just wondering.