There is a case brought in Masechet Yevamot that speaks of a divorced Kohein’s daughter, who gets Halachically engaged, known as Erusin, to another Kohein. Since this marriage is forbidden from ...

As more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza following the opening of key roads, UN agencies are scaling up humanitarian aid and addressing the growing risks ...

But following the erusin, while she was still living with her parents, Mary became pregnant. There is no hard proof about how this happened, but according to the Book of Luke, one of two Gospels ...

Halakhic marriage is performed in two stages. The first is called “erusin” (mistakenly translated as engagement) which alters the personal status of the couple from “unwed” to “wed”.

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Although the Saboraic sages connect “kiddushin” to “hekdesh,” Tosafos (to Kiddushin 2b) point out that the plain meaning of “kiddushin” relates to “Kiddush” in the sense of ...

One of most famous passages in the entire Bible reads: “Moses commanded us a Torah – a heritage (morashah) for the congregation of Jacob” (Deuteronomy 33:4). Rabbi Yitzchak Vana (a Yemenite ...

When planning a wedding, there’s a lot of details to consider: where the wedding reception will be, the food and drinks, what to wear, the order of events, the ceremony, and how long everything ...

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