What must be the intent for marital relations (tashmish)? Is fulfilling desire or procreating for one's own benefit acceptable?
Synopsis
Marital relations purely for bodily pleasure are described as 'disgraceful' (megune). Even procreating so that children will serve the parent is 'not praiseworthy.' The required intent is either to have children for God's service or to fulfill the Torah obligation of conjugal rights as one who pays a debt.
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