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She’elot u-teshuvot yeshanot (Old Responsa): On Marital Deception
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This rabbinic responsum, a “response” to a question of Jewish law, addresses the issue of marital deception and its legal ramifications.

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Joel Sirkes

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

First Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Divorce, Abortion, Adultery

Categories:

Law, Responsa
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Responsum: On a Reluctant Bridegroom
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There was a certain man in our country who had become totally impoverished, and who had betrothed his elder daughter to her appropriate mate. During the period of her betrothal—the date fixed for…

Contributor:

Moses Isserles

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Women, Dowries, Family

Categories:

Law, Responsa, Religion & Theology