Questions tagged [marriage]
marriage, marrying, the state of being married; more specific tags are `wedding` and `intermarriage`
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Do we no longer practice the blessing on virginity and when did it go away?
In the responsa of Rav Hai Gaon (4:8) there is a record of a ceremony conducted after a marriage is consummated wherein the sheet displaying virginal blood is produced and a blessing (or perhaps ...
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Is there a blessing upon betrothal through intimacy?
Based on the understanding that marriage is a mitzvah for a man, are there any sources which indicate a blessing should be said either before or after a husband engages in intercourse to betroth his (...
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Are Amalekites considered Edomites Halachically?
According to the opinion that we may accept converts from Amalek, must they wait until the third generation to marry a Jew, as would an Edomite, being that Amalek also comes from Esav?
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Are co-wives halachically related
Are co-wives halachically related? If one of them dies does the other co-wife have to sit shivah for her co-wife?
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Should newlyweds sleep under the same roof during the Sheva Brachot period?
When is the most appropriate time for newlyweds to start sleeping under the same roof together?
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What kind of marriages was the Rambam thinking of?
Mishnah Torah, Hilchot Biah, 12:1 speaks of “derech ishut” and 12:14 speaks of “derech chatnut.” How does the halacha understand these terms? Sources appreciated.
Note: The translation by Rabbi ...
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Remaining single in Judaism [duplicate]
Everywhere around me I keep seeing couples getting divorced and separated. I keep hearing tales from work/university colleagues and family members having marital problems which often have led to ...
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Minhag for a couple of converts
When a man is a Jew by birth and has minhag avot, his wife must follow his minhag avot. When a man is converted or baal teshuvah, he must follow his wife's minhag. And if both the man and the woman ...
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What is the minhag for a secular couple who become Baalei Teshuvah
According to Halacha, minhag of a married couple follows the husband. What is the Halacha about the minhag for a secular married couple who become Baalei Teshuvah later on? What about a religious ...
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Restrictions on a Jewess who was baptised as a child
What are the restrictions for a Jewish girl (husband born Jewish, wife converted to Judaism) who was baptized Christian as a child (not by choice) and then converts back to Judaism (by choice) (re ...
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chupah and halachot of yichud
Do we paskin that after the chupah you're totally married or only after yichud?
does the yichud room by a wedding need to be locked? Do the witnesses of the yichud make it secluded as if the door is ...
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May a husband and wife swim together while the wife is niddah
According to Halacha, is it permitted for a husband and wife to swim together while the wife is niddah, or no? Would it be considered harchakot and rabbinically forbidden or no?
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Who is the father when parents are not married halachically?
According to halacha, a child's father is considered to be the halachic husband of the mother (based on Sota 27a).
Now what is the case for single parents?, e.g., a Jewish mother married only through ...
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Bracha for guests- who should be saying it?
In the bencher I use it has some instructions, which I don't understand or know where they come from.
Are all the cases listed supposed to be done? A wife for her husband? A husband for his wife? Are ...
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Definition of ervah
"ערוה" is the Torah's usual word for a forbidden relationship.
I remember seeing a Rishon, maybe a Tosefos, who says that the fact that kiddushin is impossible, that a permanent relationship ...
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