Question: Dear Rabbi, If a Jew is aware a non orthodox Jew did not marry a Jewish spouse but thinks she is Jewish by a reform conversion, can the Jew… Read more »
Category: Marital laws
Assur li’baal
Question: Hi. If a married woman sleeps with another man, but they have protected sex (ie: with a condom) is she then forbidden to her husband? Answer: Yes she is… Read more »
Ya’amod HaChassan…
Question: In yeshivas, a bachur is called for an aliyah as “HaChassan” so-and-so, even though he is not a chassan at all. What is the reason for this minhag? Answer:… Read more »
Remarriage after Jewish divorce without civil divorce
Question: Hello, If a couple divorced under Jewish law (wife received a get at beis din) but still has to wait a year to receive a civil divorce and the… Read more »
Can a couple have a Jewish wedding without a previous marriage get?
Question: Can a couple have a Jewish wedding without a previous marriage get? Answer: A married woman MUST have a valid get rom her first husband in order to remarry,… Read more »
Acquiring in kiddushin and a get.
Question: Rabbi, Am I correct in my understanding of the Talmud (Tractate Kiddushin) and related Halacha? In Kiddushin 2A, it states that a wife is acquired by money, a contract,… Read more »
A couple that had a conservative wedding
Question: B”H A couple that got married by a conservative rabbi. The Eidim were also not Shomer Shabbos. What is needed for them to have a kosher wedding, (of course… Read more »
Kesubah for giores before age three
Question: After learning through Mishnayos Kesubos, Iearned that a Ger that was converted before age 3, her kesubah would entitle her to the full 200 zuz. My wife was indeed… Read more »
Owning the wedding ring
Question: I would just like to know the brief halachos of owning the wedding ring I understand it has to belong to the chosson, What happens if his parents bought… Read more »
Minimal amount for marital relations
Question: Is there a minimal amount of time which a husband must have marital relations? What if the husband does very infrequently and the wife does not complain? Answer: Most… Read more »
Permitted intimacy options when there are medical issues
Question: Hi Rav, My wife and I have 2 children Baruch hashem. She is also currently 18 weeks pregnant. However due to complications we are not allowed to have intercourse… Read more »
Laser before Mikvah
Question: Hi, My wife has a home laser hair-removal machine that she likes to use before going to the mikvah. Since some of the places on her body are harder… Read more »
Drinking Breast Milk
Question: When a husband and wife are intimate at a time when the wife is (generally) nursing and the husband, while intimately kissing his wife, extracts some of the breastmilk… Read more »
Days Prohibited from Marital Relations
Question: What are the times a year a man and woman can’t be with each other? Answer: Aside from the times when she is a niddah and on the “onos”,… Read more »
Takanas Ezra and Baal Keri
If a person is makpid on takanas ezra and becomes a baal keri is there a problem with lets say shoes or something like that, that cannot be washed if… Read more »