This book is the first comprehensive manual to deal with all facets of marriage within a halakhic framework, informed by the author"s experience as an Orthodox rabbi and a psychologist specializing in marital counseling. Included are chapters dealing with the place of love in life and marriage, the engagement period, the ethics and goals of marriage, marital peace, conjugal relations in theory and practice and divorce. This valuable work formulates basic guidelines and gives advice for the development of a sound marriage; it also contains comprehensive notes anchoring the text to authentic Jewish tradition.