Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Even ha-Ezer
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Laws of Procreation
- 1: The Laws of Procreation and That One May Not Be Without a wife
- 2: A Man Should Make an Effort to Marry a Respectable Wife
- 3: The Law of One Who is an Uncertain Kohen
- 4: Who is Prohibited From Marrying in and Who is Considered Illegitimate
- 5: The Laws of One With Crushed Testicles or a Severed Member
- 6: Women who are forbidden to Marry a Kohen (Priestly Class) and laws of a Kohen's wife
Laws of Matrimony
- 7: The Law of a Woman Who Taken Captive and Who is Considered a Challalah
- 8: In All Uncertain Cases, the Child Follows the Male
- 9: When is a Woman Called a Katlanit (lethal woman, whose husbands died)
- 10: Which divorcee is allowed to return to her husband
- 11: A Woman Who is Suspected of Committing Adultery
- 12: Whether Witnesses on a Get or on the Husband’s Death Are Permitted to Marry His Wife
- 13: A Divorcee or Widow Must Wait 90 Days Before Remarrying and One May Not Marry a Woman Who is Nursing or Pregnant
- 14: One May Not Marry a Woman While He is in Mourning
- 15: The Biblical and Rabbinic Prohibited Relatives
- 16: The Prohibition of a Gentile and Maidservant
- 17: The Right for a Woman Whose Husband Died or who Claims Her Husband Divorced Her to Remarry, the Laws of Prohibited Relatives and the Laws of One Who Marries Illegally or in Error
- 18: To whom betrothal takes effect
- 19: Stoning for the status that she has track record of `ervah/forbidden relations
- 20: Which intercourse with an ervah incurs penalty
- 21: Keeping distant from forbidden relations (`arayos)
- 22: Prohibitions against being alone and with whom is one forbidden to be alone
- 23: Prohibitions against spilling one's seed needlessly and things that cause this to happen
- 24: Jewish (men) are not suspected of bestiality and gay sex
- 25: To make a fence, and not to engage in excessive marital relations, and how to act during marital relations
Laws of Betrothal (Kiddushin)
- 26: To not betroth through sex, and the prohibition of sex with an unmarried woman even if she is dedicated to him
- 27: What Language is Used to Effect Marriage and That He Must Say and Give
- 28: Betrothal with stolen property, entrusted property, loans, or items forbidden either biblically or rabbinically to benefit from
- 29: The Law That One Must Give the Money as a Bona-fide Gift and the Law of One Who Marries With Collateral or With a Maneh that Turns out to be Deficient or Bad
- 30: What Location a Man Must Place the Money and the Laws of One Who Marries With Bread
- 31: The Law That One Cannot Marry With an Item Worth Less than a Perutah and Whether an Appraisal is Required
- 32: How a Woman is Married Via Document
- 33: How a Woman is Married Via Sexual Relations
- 34: The Blessing on Erusin and Whether 10 People Are Required
- 35: The Laws of Agency for Marriage
- 36: All the Laws of Agency for a Woman
- 37: All the Laws of the Marriage of a Minor
- 38: One Who Marries Conditionally and All the Rules of Condition
- 39: One Who Marries Conditional that the Woman has No Vows or Blemishes, and Who has the Burden of Proof
- 40: The Law of One Who Marries for a Later Date, Such as Where he Marries after the Woman Gives Birth or Something Similar
- 41: The laws of betrothing two sisters or many women (at once), and what is the law if they are non-Jews
- 42: One may only become betrothed with the permission of a women and in front of two witnesses
- 43: The betrothal of a male minor is invalid and laws pertaining to a minor who becomes of age
- 44: The betrothal of a deaf-mute, idiot, and minor is a transgression and the liability of transgressing negative commandments
- 45: We worry about gifts and the Ketubah
- 46: Laws pertaining to a rumor of betrothal and if the rumor can be invalidated
- 47: Witnesses that contradict each other in relation to betrothal or if she says "I became betrothed" and then took it back
- 48: If he says to her "become betrothed to me" and she said no or the opposite
- 49: A man who married 1 of 5 women (and he does not know which one) and each woman claims to have married him
- 50: When one returns betrothal and post betrothal gifts (sivlonon) and the laws of financial penalties
- 51: Things acquired with spoken words [when coming to terms of a marriage] that do not need to be written down
- 52: One who stipulated a dowry for his son-in-law and does not want to give it to him
- 53: One who stipulated a gift for his son or daughter if they get married; If she fell to yibum; If the daughter died
- 54: When a parent dies after stipulating a gift for a son or daughter
- 55: The law of a betrothed woman regarding her sustenance, burial, inheritance and ketubah
- 56: How much time is permitted for betrothal
- 57: If there was a courtyard along the way and the bride entered [secluded] with the bridegroom
- 58: How much property he will give to his daughter
- 59: If one marries off his son in a wedding house, his son acquires it
- 60: The laws of the ushers and bridesmaids (shushvinut)
- 61: In what way does the bridegroom acquire his bride with the chupah ceremony
- 62: When do we recite the blessings of the bridegroom and when there is celebratory feasting in multiple homes
- 63: Relations with a virgin wife and its associated [verbally recited] blessing
- 64: The blessings and length of celebration [days] of a virgin or a widow; When the groom does not want to make a celebration feast but the bride does wants one
- 65: To make the bride and groom happy; The laws of a funeral procession and a bridal procession
Laws of Marriage Documents (Ketubot)
- 66: A number of laws about the Ketubah
- 67: The Ketubah of a widow, deaf-mute, idiot, and minor (whether he or she is) and a convert
- 68: How to lodge a complain against a women's virginity and when she is forbidden (to her husband) and her Ketubah is invalid
- 69: A person's obligation to his wife and children
- 70 A man's obligation to provide food for his wife and if he is obligated to hire himself out (in order to feed her)
- 71: A person's obligation to support his sons and daughters when they are minors
- 72 One who vows against his wife from getting benefit from him
- 73 A husband is responsible to provide his wife with clothing, a residence for dwelling, and household vessels
- 74 A wife who vows against herself several different things
- 75 Division of the land for the purpose of marriage and the laws of the land of Israel
- 76 The conjugal obligation a husband towards his wife
- 77 Laws of rebellious spouse or she says, "There is hatred upon me"
- 78 The responsibility of a husband to redeem his wife
- 79 The responsibility of a husband to provide medical care for his wife
- 80: The deeds that a women is obligated toward her husband, the laws of breastfeeding, and what happens if she doesn't want to do work
- 81 One who sanctifies the product of his wife's hands
- 82 A woman who vow not to nurse (her child) and the law nursing woman who becomes divorced
- 83 One who damages a married woman, who receives payment
- 84 That which a woman finds
- 85: Laws of Melog and Tzoan Barzel property (property that a women brings into a marriage)
- 86 Not to accept an object to be guarded from women, slaves or children
- 87 There is no presumed ownership with the possessions of a man's wife
- 88 A wife no longer under the authority of her husband, either because of death, divorce or refusal, takes possessions
- 89 A husband is responsible to bury his wife
- 90 The law of a husband inheriting his wife and what he does not inherent
- 91 A wife who loaned out assets from her husband to another and then cancelled the obligation of the other to pay it back
- 92 A man who removed himself from the profits of his wife's property and her inheritance
- 93: Law of supporting the widow
- 94 The obligation to provide a widow with a place to live and clothing
- 95 The handiwork produced by a widow belongs to the heirs of her deceased husband
- 96 The oath of a widow and a divorced wife regarding her Ketubah
- 97 A husband cannot make his wife take an oath in regards to an unsupported claim
- 98 When a husband exempted her from an oath and or designated movable property for her, she collects it without an oath
- 99 The appraisal of a widow's clothing [when paying out her Ketubah]
- 100 What is used to pay the Ketubot and the remaining laws of Ketubot
- 101 How long can she keep on collecting from her Ketubah
- 102 The law of a widow's Ketubah when there is a creditor with a claim against her deceased husband
- 103 When a widow sells possessions in order to collect from her Ketubah, must the sale occur under the authority of the court
- 104 When the court or an appointed agent sold property (to pay the Ketubah) and made a mistake
- 105 A woman who sold or forgave payment of her Ketubah
- 106 The one who writes that all his possessions should be given to his children and wrote that his wife should be given land of any size
- 107 One who writes all his possessions to his wife, can she acquired them and what if there are previous outstanding debts owed by the husband
- 108: Law of a critically ill person (shechiv merah) that says "give my wife the same portion of inheritance as my sons"
- 109 A man on his deathbed says, "Give my wife 200 gold zuz with her Ketubah"
- 110 Writing a receipt for a wife even though her husband is no longer with her
- 111 The law of the Ketubah in regards to the children of a wife who passed away
- 112 Sustenance of the daughters, what and how much is provided to them
- 113 From where do we collect the tithe from of his property
- 114 The law of a man who married with the stipulation that he would provide for his wife's daughter or for someone else
- 115 When a divorced wife should not receive a Ketubah and when a divorced wife forfeits her right to a Ketubah
- 116 The laws of the Ketubah and its conditions; The law of one who married a spouse prohibited by a negative commandment
- 117 The law of the Ketubah regarding a woman who does not experience a period or has another kind of physical defect; The law of a woman who has been widowed more than once
- 118 The ordinance of marriage of Toledo (Spain); The laws of dowry
Laws of Divorce (Gittin)
- 119: Reasons a man may divorce his wife
- 120: One should not write a Get without the divorcee's knowledge
- 121 The husband must be of sound mind from the time of the writing of the Get until it is given
- 122: If one commissions a Get and there is a mistake or it is lost
- 123: Laws about what is written in the Get (Divorce document)
- 124: About what is written in a Get
- 125 Who is authorized to write a Get; The writing of a Get; Giving a Get on the Sabbath
- 126: Customary language of the Get and the need to be exact with spelling
- 127: One must mention the date on a Get and the law pertaining to postdating and predating
- 128: That one must mention in the Get the place of dwelling for the husband, wife, and witnesses
- 129 Signing a get; An apostate that divorces
- 130: Laws of the witnesses of the Get and their signatures and if they don't know how to read and write
- 131 The Get must be written and signed (by witnesses) for the purpose of divorce between a specific man and his specific wife
- 132 It is required to mention the names of the husband and wife (in the Get)
- 133 A Get must be handed over in the presence of two kosher witnesses
- 134 The husband is required to cancel all protests
- 135 The requirement to read the Get before and after it is delivered
- 136 The words required to be spoken when a Get is given and when a divorce occurs on Shabbos
- 137 The requirement for the divorcing husband to totally permit her (to marry any man)
- 138 A Get is given from the hand of the husband
- 139 Accepting a Get directly from the hand of the husband; When he throws the Get too her or into her courtyard
- 140 Appointing an agent to deliver or to receive or to retrieve a Get
- 141 Appointing agents; retracting agents
- 142 One who brings a Get from outside the land of Israel
- 143 One who divorces on a condition
- 144 The conditions of a Get and if there are conditions involving forced relations in a Get
- 145 The law of a deathly ill husband, if he recovers and died because of an unfortunate occurrence
- 146 One who divorced after a fixed time and woman divorced on a condition
- 147 Not to write the conditions of a Get in the Get; What is the law if the conditions were written
- 148 Divorcing with an old Get or a conditional Get and that the husband should not be alone with her
- 149 A man who divorced his wife and later had relations with her or was alone with her
- 150 A Get containing flaws that was given
- 151 When a scribe made a mistake in the Get or in the receipt (for the divorce)
- 152 When two witnesses claim that a woman is divorced; When a woman claims that she was married and divorced
- 153 If one found a Get in the marketplace, whom do we return it too
- 154 Who do we force a man or a woman to get divorced; The order of the written Get and how it is given
- 155: Until what age can a youth refuse marriage (miyun) and more laws on miyun
Laws of Levirate Marriage (Yibum)
- 156: Who is called a legitimate offspring (zera kayama) in order to exempt one from Levirate Marriage
- 157: Laws of converts and mamzerim and who is called a "brother" in reference to levirate marriage
- 158: In what way is a women believed to have to engaged in levirate marriage and that she is believed if there is only one witness
- 159 Does the yevamah who betrothed an outsider become forbidden to perform yibum or chalitza with her yavam
- 160: Obligation to support the Yibumah and her relatives and the laws of her property and inheritances
- 161 When one of many brothers married many wives and he then died, his wives fall to Yibum to them
- 162 Laws of the co-wife of a Yevamah and her close relatives
- 163 The Yavam merits the property of his dead brother and the claims of the Yavam's children
- 164 Chalitzah and yibum are not performed within the first three months; The law if she married within the first three months and we find her to be pregnant
- 165 Which act takes precedence: Chalitzah or Yibum
- 166 The yevamah travels to the court of the yavam; When he acquires her through marriage or through relations
- 167: Laws of a minor Yibum and his chalitah and likewise a Yibumah
- 168 That a yavam and his yevamah are considered married if they had relations and who is responsible for her ketubah
Laws of Release from Levirate Marriage (Chalitzah)
- 169 Laws of Chalitzah in Detail
- 170 A get given after another get and a [Rabbinical marriage via] speech that occurred after another [Rabbinical marriage via] speech
- 171 Law of two yevamot who are deaf or who are minors
- 172: Law if the yivum is a saris (sexually impotent or castrated male), deaf-mute, idiot, minor, tumtum (sexually ambiguous), and likewise for a yibumah
- 173 A yevamah forbidden to her yavam via spiritual excision and her co-wife; A suspected adulteress and her co-wife; A minor yevamah who refuses the marriage
- 174 A yevamah forbidden to her yavam via a positive or negative commandment (that does not involved spiritual excision)
- 175 When the conditions initially forbidding a yavamah to her yavam no longer exist
- 176: Laws of a Yevumah that was forbidden or permitted
- 177: Laws of a rapist and seducer
- 178: Laws of a suspected adulteress (Sotah)