Why is the Jewish family home so important to Jews?

Answer 1

Jewish homes are no different than non-Jewish homes, though they may have a mezuzah in the doorway of one or more doors, and they may have some ritual or symbolic objects.

If there is a kosher kitchen, it will have two sets of dishes and cookware, stored separately from each other, and possibly a third set stored outside the kitchen for use on Passover.

Answer 2

Daily life in the home is replete with mitzvah-observances; blessings are said over all foods and drinks, Torah-festivals and Sabbath are observed in the home (see attached Link), and the children are taught portions from the Torah on a daily or weekly basis.

Though conversation is typically in English, it is seasoned with hundreds of Hebrew and Yiddish expressions, many of them expressing religious concepts. The kosher diet is adhered to. Clothing will be more or less Western (modern) in style (depending on the particular Jewish community), but it is always modest in style.

Religious Jewish women have a tightly-knit community of their own; each woman has a close circle of friends who constantly share and help each other. Many women attend weekly classes in various subects of Torah or outlook.

The typical religious Jew - probably the majority of them - tends to be a white-collar worker who, in addition to a regular job, attends synagogue services morning and evening each day (see attached Related Link "Jewish community life"). Many of them also attend a daily "Daf Yomi" class in which one page of the Talmud is taught each day.

Religious Jews tend to get married relatively young (early twenties) and have large families - six to ten children is commonplace - and family life is paramount in importance, with the parents deeply involved in the education of their children. The parents foot the bill for private-school education for the children because of this importance.

Answer 3

Marriage and marital fidelity, having and educating children.

Answer 4

The religious viewpoint is that a Jewish home is one in which the family observes the Torah and the parents teach their children the Torah and its ways.