The Mitzvah of Procreation
See also Mitzvah of Marriage
Verses in Tanach
Bereishit 1:22, 1:28; 5:2
Kohelet 11:6
Talmud / Midrash and commentaries
Berachot 10a
Chagigah 2b
Gittin 43b
Kiddushin 34a-35a
Pesachim 113b
Sanhedrin 59b
Shabbat 111a
Tosefta Yevamot 8:4-6
Maharsha Sanhedrin 59b
Post Talmud / Midrash, Pre-Rishonim
Mishneh Torah and commentaries
Hilchot Avadim 7:7
Hilchot Avel 6:5
Hilchot Ishut 15th chapter
Hilchot Taaniyot 3:8
Rishonim [Pre-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Tur, Shulchan Aruch ["Code of Jewish Law"] and Commentaries
Tur, Shulchan Aruch Even haEzer 1, 25, 76, 118; Yoreh Deah 392
Beit Yosef Even haEzer 1; Even haEzer 154; Orach Chaim 306 s.v. Nishal; Yoreh Deah 228; Yoreh Deah 267 s.v. UMah sheKatav BaMeh
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 122:1, 145
Acharonim [Post-"Code of Jewish Law"]
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