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marriage, marrying, the state of being married; more specific tags are wedding and intermarriage

marriage, marrying, the state of being married

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Multiple wives in Chazal

Is anyone aware of any of the Tanaim or Amoraim who had more than one wife (at the same time)? Not just technically married, but actually living together as husband and wife (or wives). I was once told that you will not find any that did.
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Can marooned Jewish couple marry in G-d's eyes alone and start a family?

Supposing there are a Jewish man and woman who are the only survivors of a crash landing near a deserted island, and their respective families have written them off for dead. Over time as they struggle to survive, they fall in love. According to a…
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Who can be the Mesader Kiddushin?

The mesader kiddushin at my wedding did not conduct any classes with me, did not read the ketuba out loud, did not recite any of the brachot. While he gave a speech under the chupah and explained certain aspects of the ceremony, he didn't "do"…
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depressed husband

My husband is incapable of marital relations due to antidepressants and psychological issues. This came as a shock after marriage. I was too ashamed and embarrassed to seek help, and my mother kept urging me to try to work it out. However, there…
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Marriage - am I doomed?

My mother is Jewish but my father isn't - I currently have no contact with my father/that side of the family and my mother doesn't speak to any of her side of the family which means I was never able to develop a relationship with any of them. In…
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Correct procedures for Shidduchim

What are the correct Jewish procedures for finding someone to marry? Like does "dating" have any Jewish connection?
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Why were Jews allowed to commit incest?

Amram married Yokheved, his aunt, Yitzkhak married Rivkah, his cousin, Yehudah married his daughter-in-law, etc. Why were they allowed to commit incest even though it is prohibited in the Torah. And if the answer is because the Torah hadn't been…
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Can a Jewish man who had a vasectomy marry a Jewish woman?

Rambam lists the prohibition to castrate a man or animal in the negative mitzvah #361. The previous negative mitzvah (#360) Rambam lists that it is forbidden for a castrated man to marry a Jewish woman. So, can a Jewish man who had a vasectomy marry…
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What happens to a bride whose groom goes insane or disappears between kiddushin and nissuin?

What happens to a bride whose groom goes insane or disappears after kiddushin but before nissuin? Is she considered agunah or permitted to remarry?
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Saying Harei At Mkudeshet Li

If someone gives a girl a ring in front of a group of Jews and says "Harei at mkudeshet li" while they are dating does she now need a get to marry someone else after they break up?
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What are the halachic implications of unconsummated marriage?

I remember learning something about the process of marriage having several steps (for example: bedeken, erusin, chuppah, yichud) with the final step being consummation. If this is the case, does it follow that if the marriage remains uncosummated,…
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Since Marriage is a Positive Commandment. Can one refrain from getting married?

I’ve been struggling with this question and have found some sources that allows one to refrain from positive commandments especially if they are not available to him. The big one being “Marriage” so much of Judaism focuses on marriage and seeking a…
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Is Nisuin Biblical or Rabbinic?

In exploring the topic of a convert or orphan who is married as a Na'arah, I stumbled upon a surprising piece in the Beis Shmuel: ...הואיל קידושין דאורייתא הם ונישואין אינם מדאורייתא... ...since Kiddushin is from the Torah, but Nisuin is not from…
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Adoption of the Groom or Bride by the parents-in-law?

Was it ever a Jewish custom for the Groom or Bride to be adopted by the parents-in-law, which explains (so I have heard it said), in part, why in Shir HaShirim, the Bride is referred to as Kalah-Achoti, My Sister-Bride? Is there any inkling of…
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Is there anywhere in the Torah,where Hashem tells someone to get married to another?

Is there anywhere in the Torah,where Hashem tells someone to get married to another? What if someone said to you: Hashem or an angel told me ,that we are getting married? Is there anything in the Talmud about this question?
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