Can a Marriage Survive If One Spouse Keeps Shabbat and the Other Won’t?

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February 12, 2026

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Superstition, polygamy, dybbuks and the infamous hole in the sheet. 

0:00 Introduction
0:37 My husband won’t keep Shabbat — can our marriage still work?
2:31 Does Judaism condone Polygamy?
3:58 Does Judaism believe in superstition?
5:52 Dybbuks, golems, and “monsters” — what’s real?
6:42 I felt nothing at the Western Wall… does that mean something?
8:11 Why does Judaism follow the mother (and do patrilineal Jews matter)?
10:11 Do Jews have sex through a sheet?
11:02 Is happiness only possible through pain?
11:53 – Closing + what this episode was really about

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Jessie
Jessie
1 month ago

God is happiness and love.

Jossi Fries
Jossi Fries
1 month ago

Very inspiring and gorgeous!!!

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