Questions tagged [marriage]
marriage, marrying, the state of being married; more specific tags are `wedding` and `intermarriage`
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Trying to convert having a Child with a goy woman and implications
A man who wants to convert
who alread have a Child without a marriage (out marriage son).
What are the implications of this situation?
If he converts, will his child kept being considered his child? ...
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Why is the "beautiful captive" called "beautiful" if she doesn't have to be?
The Torah says:
When you take ... your enemies ... captive, and you see among them a woman of beautiful form (אֵ֖שֶׁת יְפַת-תֹּאַר), and you desire her, you may take her to yourself as a wife. [...
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Were the "maidens" of Rebekah "schifchot" to Isaac or "pileg'shim" to Isaac?
Were all or one of the "maidens" of Rebekah "schifchot" to Isaac or "pileg'shim" to Isaac (regardless whether he consummated with them or not)? Why or why not?
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Why was Shimshon allowed to marry a wife from Philistine?
In the Family Midrash Says it is written that Shimshon (Samson) asked his parents to convert the Philistine woman so he can marry her. How can we explain this when in our days we don't convert anyone ...
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Must one be a rabbi to officiate a Jewish wedding? [duplicate]
I understand that a Jewish wedding primarily requires a ketubah and two witnesses (and, obviously, the bride and groom). In that case, are the witnesses (and not necessarily the rabbi) the "officiants,...
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Intermarriage and Levirate marriage
This may be a bit off the wall and it is only a hypothetical question. If a Jewish man marries a non-Jewish woman and then he dies before they have any children, would she be expected, assuming she ...
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Would marriage really not solve this man's problem?
Another question on pikuach nefesh. The Talmud [Sanhedrin 75a] recounts this story:
There was an incident involving a certain man who set his eyes upon a certain woman and passion rose in his heart [...
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Can a man knowingly marry a woman who can't have children?
This question is not about once a couple is married, as there are previous post that address that topic, the question is can someone start a marriage knowing the women he's marrying can't have kids?
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On the halachic level, what are the requirements for a Gentiles couple to be considered married?
My question may seem bizarre, since in our age marriage is a juridical institution widely regulated in every nation, with the presence of witnesses and a precise registration in public registers; ...
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Unorthodox got married?
For those that watched the TV miniseries "Unorthodox", is it considered a Kosher Halachic marriage?
Two irreligious Jews (don't keep kosher or Shabbos in public) who get married (the ring and the ...
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Marital relations in a time of plague? [duplicate]
I remember that the people and animals in Noah's Ark were not allowed to have marital relations because it was an inappropriate thing to do in light of the destruction going on all over the world. I ...
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Is an "Ateret Chatan" only for Chassanim?
I really like the kind of atara for a tallis that has rows of metal squares (like this). On this link, it is called an "Ateret Chatan" and the description says "A popular addition to a tallis for a ...
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Are Jewish conjoined twins permitted to marry? [duplicate]
Being that it is forbidden to marry siblings may conjoined twins marry? Are they considered siblings or one person?
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Did the designation of an amah ivriyah by her master require the consent of the woman or not?
I’am an Italian noahide.
Rambam states in his Sefer Hamitzvot (English translation by Rabbi Berel Bell):
“The 233rd mitzvah is that a person is commanded to marry his amah
ivriyah. Either her ...
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Can a witness at Kiddushin have had committed inconsequential crimes?
I remember hearing in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein that a criminal who-- by normal and objective standards-- should be invalidated from testifying can still be considered a Kosher witness if his ...
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multiple wives decrease onah of each
In Rambam, Hilchot Ishut, Chapter 14:1, he outlines a husband's obligations of onah (conjugal rights) to each wife based on his profession. So a sailor every 6 months, an in-town laborer twice per ...
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Question about shidduchim and finding your bashert?
I know this is kind of a weird and long-shot question, but are there any Torah sources which mention signs (simanim) that a person is about to find their bashert? And are there are any sources which ...
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On the halachic level, does the sexual intercourse between a Jewish man and a Gentile woman married to a Gentile man constitute adultery or not?
I am an Italian noahide.
As is known, the Torah prohibits marriage between Jews and Gentiles, and in general sexual intercourses between them. There is, except for my mistake, the exception ...
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How much help can a kohen's wife get
At the very end of Orach Chaim 128:45, the Rema says:
אסור להשתמש בכהן אפי' בזמן הזה דהוי כמועל בהקדש אם לא מחל על כך
It is forbidden to be serviced by a Kohen even in our current
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Source for Arizal Marital Advice
Rav Ezriel Tauber's To Become One (p.46) quotes a story about the Arizal who told a husband, "This is your tikun, the way you can repair a fault in your spiritual self. In a previous existence the ...
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Do women need to marry to be fulfilled?
The Talmud says:
Rabbi Tanhum stated in the name of Rabbi Hanilai: A man who has no wife lives without joy, without blessing, and without goodness. (Yevamot 62b)
Is there a parallel quote anywhere ...
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What is the minimal footage of a Kosher Chuppah?
Following "the shape or form of chuppa":
Halachicly speaking, Chuppah makes Nissuin - the start of the formal obligations of both sides.
What is the minimal footage of a Kosher Chuppah? A square ...
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What criteria allow one to lie to a spouse?
In this week's Torah parsha, Vayeira, in Breishit 18:13, Saying
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה זֶּה֩ צָחֲקָ֨ה שָׂרָ֜ה
לֵאמֹ֗ר הַאַ֥ף אֻמְנָ֛ם אֵלֵ֖ד וַאֲנִ֥י זָקַֽנְתִּי׃
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Should a young man establish an income/house first and then marry or vice versa?
I learned a teaching about which order a man should pursue marriage first and a house / income second or the other order, but I have forgotten the source and the holding. If anyone knows the origin of ...
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Lot's Reason for Marriage
Based on the fact that Lot was such a giving person (Bereishis 19:2) that he was willing to risk his life for kindliness
וַיִּפְצַר־בָּם מְאֹד וַיָּסֻרוּ אֵלָיו וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ
וַיַּעַשׂ ...
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Minimum age of קידושין for a female?
What is the minimum age of kiddushin (that is Dioryta) that the father can effect via כסף or שטר?
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Divorced woman remarrying her ex-husband
May a woman, who after receiving a get from her husband has relations with another man out of wedlock, remarry her husband?
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"It is not good for man to be alone" : Is this some sort of commandment, and does it apply to b'nei Noach?
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ
אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לּ֥וֹ עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ:
And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man is alone; I shall make
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How can the mourner remarry within one month, if he has to wait two regalim?
Moed katan (21b):
מתה אשתו ונשא אשה אחרת — אינו רשאי ליכנס לביתו לדבר עמו ]תנחומין, [כדי שלא לפגוע באשה החדשה.
If it was the mourner’s wife who died and he married another woman within thirty ...
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Looking for a Tosafos
I remember seeing a Tosafos in Ksubos a while back which states that when a man gets married, he should go to his in-laws for the chag that follows his wedding. Does anyone know exactly where I can ...
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Is there ever a case that the groom can get back the money he used for the wedding
Halachikly the groom is the one who pays for the wedding (last paragraph on this page Igros Moshe 7 even ezer 4:92:1 and can the bride's family force Sheva Brachot )
Is there ever a case that the ...
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Status of children born from a yefat toar who was converted to judaism after the 30 day period
In parshat Ki Teietze it talks about the yefat torah.
If after the 30 days if he still wants to marry her, she is converted to judaism, then he can marry her.
Question: Is this conversion a regular ...
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To what extent can a Beit Din actually force someone to get married?
In an answer on this site regarding the obligation to procreate, R. Hershel Schachter is quoted as saying (emphasis mine),
And although Beth Din could force someone to get married even if he did ...
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Can a mamzer, Ammonite, or Moabite enter the temple after ten generations?
Does Deuteronomy 23:3-4 mean these people can never enter the temple or must count 10 generations forward before they can enter the temple. The scripture is a bit ambiguous.
לֹא־יָבֹ֥א מַמְזֵ֖ר ...
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What's on Kiddushin Rabbi obligatory check-up list?
IIRC, a Rabbi that makes Kiddushin takes a great responsibility (forgot the exact wording of the Gemmorah), at most he can be allowing Arayot, at least he can make the blessings said in vain.
As the ...
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Source that you can't tell your wife not to lend to others
Although I heard in a shiur that there is a gemara which says a husband is not allowed to tell his wife not to lend to others since she would eventually develop a bad name, I can't find it - are there ...
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Marriage between followers of different Hasidic courts
I know that high-profile marriages between followers of different Hasidic courts occur -- such as the Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokach and one of the Satmar Rebbes, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum ...
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Must you love your wife more than your friend?
The Rambam (Hilchus Ishus 15:19) writes:
כן צוו חכמים שיהיה אדם מכבד את אשתו יתר מגופו ואוהבה כגופו
The Chachamim instituted that [each] man should respect his wife more than himself, and love her ...
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Jewish married men and affair with non-Jewish women
Are relations between a Jewish married man with a non-Jewish woman either married or single considered adultery?
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Why is the term "Know" used between Adam and Chava? [duplicate]
Why does the Torah refer to the process of Adam having children with Chava as "knowing" her? (Bereishis 4:1)
וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת־חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־קַיִן
וַתֹּאמֶר קָנִיתִי ...
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May a man marry the women with whom he committed adultery?
A single man commits adultery with a married woman. Later the woman divorces her husband, and wishes to marry the single man with whom she had the meretricious relationship. Is this allowed?
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Why is the first time a couple has marital relations called "beilas mitzvah?"
The gemara (Ketubot 4a) and poskim (Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 193:1) refer to the first time a couple having marital relations as "beilas mitzvah" (mitzvah of marital relations).
Being as the couple ...
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How common are Levirate marriages today?
Under Jewish law, if a woman's husband dies without giving her a child, the brother of the deceased husband has an obligation to give his wife a child. In the event that they don't wish to go through ...
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Is a man permitted to petition for permitted sexual relations during the Amidah?
Would a man be permitted to ask Hashem to bring about permitted sexual acts with his current or future wife as part of the requests he makes during the Amidah, given that we are generally highly ...
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Eidei Nisuin at weddings?
At a wedding, we designate both eidei kiddushin (witnesses for the kiddushin) and eidei ketubah (witnesses for the ketubah).
However, I haven't really seen the practice of designating eidei nisuin at ...
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Is it permitted to learn Torah with one's wife?
Is it permitted to learn Torah with one's wife?
And if so, are there any special recommendations for what to study with her?
Generally speaking I understand that men don't take women as Chavrutas, ...
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Is it possible to pray to Hashem for a specific person as your prospective spouse?
I understand in the first Amud of Masechet Sotah, an individual’s future [first] spouse is predestined. Is there a possibility of praying to Hashem, such that one may change the decree and designate a ...
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Judged By Treating Wife [duplicate]
Rabbi Tzoren quotes Alenu L'Shabeach who quotes Rav Chaim Vital saying
A man’s character is measured only by how he treats his wife!
Where does Rav Chaim Vital say this?
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Are common half siblings related to each other?
I have 2 half-siblings, one through my father and one through my mother. Are these 2 related to each other in any way according to the Torah (even though they share no common parent)? For example, ...
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Why did the "Jews" separate from their wives 3 days before Matan Torah?
If a Jewish Man has intimate relations with his wife, and then the seed escapes the woman's body she becomes known as a Paletes Shichvas Zerah. Now, if that occurs within 3 days she becomes Tamei. If ...
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