Marriage Flashcards
What were woman and men made for
Multiply and dominate
What did rabbi yirmiya Ben Elaizer state?
The first man was created both man and woman
What did rabbi Samuel Ben Nachman state?
Man was split in half and created woman
What does the midrash state
He brought her to a man
God was groomsman
A great man is a groomsman who’s for a lesser person and doesn’t feel bad
What did rashi state
Be attached to wife life one flesh
And the child produced for both flesh
What is ramban state
Wife must be closer to man than parents and man must be attached to wife leaving parents
What did the roman lady ask the rabbi
In how many days was the world created
What was the answer to the roman lady
6 days
What had Hashem don’t since
Match making
What did the roman woman say she could do
Get all her servants to marry
What did the rabbi teach the roman lady
It’s hard. Hashem makes it an awesome act like splitting the Red Sea. He makes lots of marriages which are happy and sad and it’s a good deed and in Torah
What are the terms if kiddishin
Becomes sacrificed to him but still no touch
Give something if value like ring which must have mutual consent
Rabbi ensures all going according to Halacha
Middle Ages are separated and then together
Me sodas kiddishin marries them
Divorce document is needed
Today under chula divorce is memorized
What is ketuba and what are the terms of it
Requirement instituted by stages
Kiddishin and Nusuin are different ceremonies
Signed by two kosher witnesses
Stages forbid any ceremony to take place without kituba
Contract states money goes to wife
Instructs woman rights
What are the terms of Nissuin
Reminder that kiddishin and ketuba were separate Marriage ceremony Begun life together under chupa 7 blessings Spend time together in different rooms Must be completed
Who was the first marriage
Adam and Eve
