Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

If a young woman remains sexually pure, she will have a token of her marriage covenant with her husband on her honeymoon night. Perhaps this emphasis would encourage young women to remain pure until the moment of consummating their marriage. The lifeblood of each marriage flows from a spiritual covenant sealed by the redemptive blood of our heavenly Bridegroom. In the beginning there was one man, Adam. God performed the first surgery and created a counterpart for Adam, a woman. God took a rib fromAdam, creating Eve. The Hebrew word rib is also used in Scripture to indicate pillars and beams that hold up a building. In Genesis 2:23, the Hebrew word for man is ‘iysh , and the word for woman is ishah . In Hebrew, the words man and woman share two identical Hebrew letters—the letters alef and shin . Man’s name has an additional yod and woman’s name an additional letter, hei . Together they spell YAH , an abbreviation of the name of God. However, if you remove the yod and hei (God’s name) from man and woman’s name, all that is left are two letters that spell ‘esh , the Hebrew word for fire! The rabbinical interpretation is that this fire can produce passion, but without God there is passion without common spiritual beliefs and values, leading to the destruction of the union.9 These five cycles—age eight (circumcision), thirteen (coming of age), twenty (emotional and mental maturity), thirty (new spiritual maturity), and marriage are the five major Jewish life cycles. It is the fifth cycle of marriage where a couple begins dreaming of children whose entry into the world will birth a new family. Children will bring a new level of