Does it say in the Torah,or is it in some other text, that being willing to die, and also to have children, is

Question

a requirement, by Judaic law?

Answer 1

Well it is considered a positive commandment to have children in Judaism. That is if the person is in a stable marriage and is capable of having and supporting kids.

As for willing to die, that would depend on what your talking about.

Answer 2

The commandment to have children is from Genesis 1:28:

And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.' (JPS translation)

There is no place in the torah where it says that a person should be willing to die- though in the rabbinic literature (Tosefta Shababt 16:14) there is mention of three categories of actions that a person should rather die than sin. Those categories are: murder, idolotry, and engaging in forbidden sexual relationships)

Answer 3

Willing to die? Not really. Life takes precedence even over the Torah. It would depend on what the circumstances were.

Having children? It is a positive mitzva so we look at it as a sort of requirement, one of each sex--but ONLY if the family is willing and can support the family.