aguna
Want a get? Forego compensation
B”HAnother reason not to marry with Chuppah and kidushin, but to live in a pilegesh relationship insteadPS: See also “Stop kvetching start a revolution!” http://pilegesh.blogspot.com/2007/02/stop-kvetching-start-revolution.html :Want a get? Forego compensation
By Tamar Rotem
“Is it possible to explain the bitter disappointment a woman feels during years of futile back-and-forth discussions in the rabbinic court, when [...]
Stop kvetching start a revolution! (Updated version for mailing list readers additions at the end.)
B”H(New Bumper sticker. Free with your donation of $5 or more.)
Shalom everyone!Dear readers please read the article bellow and after that pray tell me why should this situation go on in the future when there is a much easier solution that doesn’t involve breaking arms and legs or risking lives of elderly rabbis [...]
Stop kvetching start a revolution!
B”H(New Bumper sticker. Free with your donation of $5 or more.)
Shalom everyone!Dear readers please read the article bellow and after that pray tell me why should this situation go on in the future when there is a much easier solution that doesn’t involve breaking arms and legs or risking lives of elderly rabbis like Gordon [...]
There is no mitzvah to marry:
B”HRabbi Yaakov Emden writes:
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Rabbi Yaakov Emden’s responsa regarding pilegesh.
B”HBellow is the complete translation of the Rabbi Yaakov Emden’s clarification regarding the permissibility of pilegesh relationship.
Update: Thanks to Mark Guterman it is now available as a PDF for easier reading and printing:http://pilegeshpersonals.com/Rabbi_Yaakov_Emden’s_responsa_on_Pilegesh.pdf(if you have a slow computer right click the link above and click “save as” to download)
Click on the pictures of [...]
Advantages of being a pilegesh.
B”H
Rabbi Yaakov Emden writes:
“[A single woman living with a man] ought to feel no more ashamed of immersing herself in a communal mikveh at the proper times than her married sisters.“Those who prefer the pilagshut relationship may certainly do so. . . . For perhaps the woman wishes to be able to leave immediately without [...]
