Therefore, where the suffering of the terrible slavery in Egypt could have led to despair and reduced birthrates, the Children of Israel continued to multiply, and as the Torah says ...

In Mark 12:28-31, the Scribes asked Jesus, “What is the Great Commandment?” He responded, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shalt ...

First, God commanded his people to "Be fruitful and multiply," and contraception is seen as specifically flouting this instruction. Second, Onan was killed by God for "spilling his seed," which is ...

of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

When faith is firm, life intensifies with strength, and even the greatest suffering does not diminish life, but strengthens it. The material power of Egypt was absorbed by us as a force that ...