With the task of finding appropriate life mates for his earthly creatures . . . Judaism regards the family as the carrier of tradition and the agent for the perpetuation of the Jewish people. Hence, marriage is one of the most important milestones for both Jewish men and women.
Marriage is considered the natural state of Jewish life, and necessary for personal fulfillment.
According to Jewish thought, the relationship that most closely parallels the relationship between man and G-d is the marital union between a man and a woman. The entire success of the covenant between man and G-d rests on the marriage premise and its procreative impulse. According to Jewish tradition, a Jew is required to not only practice chesed , but to do so in an abundant measure. In other words, traditional Judaism views kindness as acts that emanate from completely unselfish drives. A person who acts out of chesed does not act from concern for his or her own moral advantage, but from a genuine concern for the welfare of others.