Question: Are substantial spaces between words in a ketubah problematic? If so, how problematic? Thank you Answer: It is not meakev, and the kesubah is still kosher, however if they… Read more »
Category: Marital laws
Causing a Miscarriage
Question: My wife is pregnant within the first 40 days. I think I had improper thoughts while having relations with her that night (Not sure when she conceived exactly). I… Read more »
Birth Control for Male married to Convert
Question: I read that birth control for males is prohibited, and those who have vasectomies are not allowed to marry a Jewish woman who was Jewish from birth. However, if… Read more »
Im single and would like to use a tampon
Question: Im single and would like to use a tampon would it brake my bsulim Answer: It is not a advisable for a single girls to use a tampon for… Read more »
Marriage
Question: Is it true that a Jewish girl have to be married at 12 or 14? Some sources stated that Jewish girls were usually married in their mid teen years… Read more »
Intimacy question
Question: if you had one time intimate relationship with a fellow jew (one night stand situation), does that mean you are married to them according to Jewish law? If so, do… Read more »
A women that makes extra wool
Question: Cariflication for #44531-The gemara kesubos 66a debates a case where a women makes extra wool that she is required from the rabbis can she keep the wool or must… Read more »
Marrying before Older Sibling
Question: Kavod HaRav Is there any halachic source for not dating/getting married before one’s older siblings Is there a non-halachic reason for this ? Obviously one feels for the older… Read more »
Makor that marriage between Jew and non-Jew is not a marriage
Question: Where does it say that when chas v’chalilah a Jew and a non-Jew ‘marry’ this marriage is not valid according to Halacha? Is it because there is no kiddushin?… Read more »
Issur on geirus for the sake of marriage
Question: Good morning. I read in Kitzur Shulchan Aruch laws of marriage 18&19 that when there is a rumor that a man and a non-Jewish woman had relations R”L, it… Read more »
Ketooba
Question: I have lost my ketooba what can I do? Answer: You need to to go a rov and your husband has to write what is called a “ketuba d’irchisa”,… Read more »
3 noshim meshamshos bimoch
Question: I haven’t learned the sugya in a long time but as I recall Tosfos learns this as referring to cleaning the private area after intercourse. Based on his shita… Read more »
Discussing marital noted fog
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 »
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 »