41 Lessons
Wedding and Sheva Berachot Sheva Berachos
The time between the Three Weeks and the Yamim Noraim is a popular time to schedule weddings
Marriage and Relationships May Panim Chadashot Leave Sheva Berachot Early?
Do Panim Chadashot have to stay until Birkat Hamazon?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Sheva Berachot Every Day of Sheva Berachot?
Is it necessary, proper, or at least recommended to have a sheva berachot celebration every day of the week of Sheva Berachot?
The Marital Relationship Stories from the Mikveh
Translated by Hillel Fendel
Two small stories on how keeping the family purity Halachos come with devotion.
Toldot A Layman's Guide to Marriage
I was told that I should not include quotations from pesukim on my daughter’s wedding invitation. Yet, I see that ‘everyone’ does! Could you please explain the halacha? "I wish someone could walk me through all the halachic steps that we need in planning our daughter's wedding. I am afraid I'll forget to take care of something.
Marriage and Relationships How Can I Improve My Spouse?
Translated by Hillel Fendel
My husband comes from an anti-religious family, and it took me a long time to help him overcome the obstacles and agree to build a traditional home. Unfortunately, I have still not been able to convince him to wear tefillin. Do you have an idea how I can help him to want to do so?
The Marital Relationship An Intimate Conversation
Is there any problem with having an intimate conversation with a woman who isn't your wife? Does it harm the connection with one's wife? Based on an article by rabbi Yoni Lavi.
The Marital Relationship When Compassion & Holiness Come to a Head
Translated by Hillel Fendel
Two issues have surfaced recently. Public calls have been made, to allow occasional light physical contact between spouses during the period of niddah, and to officially accept same-sex couples into our communities. How does the Torah instruct us to deal with them?
Wedding and Sheva Berachot the Book of Complaints
My wife and I labored long and hard over the invitation list and over the seating arrangements for the wedding dinner. We invested a great deal of effort and energy in trying to make sure that, to the best of our ability, everyone would be satisfied, and no one would be unduly disappointed.
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Partial Participation in a Wedding
If one does not have enough time to take part in a whole wedding, is it better to come for the Chupa or for the meal?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Do the Chatan and Kalla Need to Eat at Sheva Berachot?
Must the chatan and kalla eat (bread) at Sheva Berachot (upper case for the week and the meal; lower case for the berachot recited) in order to recite the berachot? (Sometimes one does not feel well and eats little or nothing.)
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Filling in a Copy of the Ketuba Late
A mistake was made in filling out my ketuba and the identical copy for the certifying beit din. We had a spare ketuba but not an additional one to use as a copy. Now, several days after my wedding, can I ask the witnesses to sign a copy with the same information, including the date of the wedding? (The mesader kiddushin and witnesses are talmidei chachamim but not poskim, and they encouraged me to ask this shayla.)
P'ninat Mishpat A Woman who Relinquished Rights to her Ketuba
Sarah relinquished her rights (mechila) to her ketuba in order to encourage her husband, Reuven, to give her a get. Now she wants to back out of this step. Perhaps we should say that simple oral mechila without a kinyan is not effective when the creditor (i.e., the wife) still has a document (i.e., the ketuba) that states that the debtor owes her money.
