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Ohale Ya‘akov (The Tents of Jacob): On a Betrothal
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Question: The following incident occurred: The gentlemen, R. Abraham Vidal, may he rest in peace, was married to the modest lady, Estrella, sister of the fine young man, R. David Pinto, may God…

Contributor:

Jacob Castro

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Marriage, Justice system, Betrothal, Family, Writing, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Print engraving of crowd of people outside of building gathered around couple under wedding canopy.
Responsum: On Women’s Rights to Divorce
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Question: Some of the poor members of the nation in Egypt [do as follows]. When a man fights with his wife and their marriage is not working out, and the wife wants to divorce but the husband does not…

Contributor:

Moses Ibn Ḥabib

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Egypt)

Date:

Middle of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Marriage, Divorce, Conversion, Arab-Jewish relations, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Ginat veradim (Rose Garden)
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There was an incident involving a woman who came before the court to get a divorce. Her name was Melok, and she had no other known name at all. It occurred to me in this regard that the name…

Contributor:

Abraham ben Mordechai ha-Levi

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Egypt)

Date:

1694

Subjects:

Marriage, Divorce, Justice system, Women, Language & linguistics, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa