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A mohel (Hebrew: מוֹהֵל , Ashkenazi pronunciation [ˈmɔɪ.əl], plural: מוֹהֲלִים mohalim, Imperial Aramaic: מוֹהֲלָא mohala, "circumciser") is a Jewish man trained in the practice of brit milah, the "covenant of male circumcision". [1] Women who are trained in the practice are referred to as a mohelet
Le Get (The Divorce), painting by Moshe Rynecki, c. 1930. Postcard illustrating a divorce procedure, Jewish Museum of Switzerland. A get, ghet, [1] [2] [3] or gett (/ ɡ ɛ t /; Imperial Aramaic: גט, plural gittin גטין) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple. The term is also used to ...
A mamzer in Jewish law is a child resulting from an incestuous liaison or an adulterous liaison by a married woman. [38] This is not necessarily the same definition as a bastard by other societies, as it does not include a child of an unmarried woman.) [ 38 ] As a mamzer is excluded from the assembly ( Deuteronomy 23:3 ), the Talmud forbids a ...
The Houses of Hillel and Shammai convened to discuss arcane matters of Jewish law and to decide on new measures thought essential to ensure a more universal adherence to Jewish law and practice. Together, they legislated many new enactments and passed new decrees, in an effort to ensure that the people of Israel not transgress the basic laws ...
Sometimes a Jewish woman can be held in a so-called "limping marriage" when her husband refuses co-operation in the religious form of divorce. She may have received a civil divorce but cannot remarry within her religion, meaning that for all intents and purposes, she may not be able to remarry at all—a phenomenon known as agunah .
The Jewish prenuptial agreement has been developed in recent times with the stated intent of keeping the Jewish woman from becoming an agunah in cases where the husband refuses to grant her a get (Jewish divorce document). [1] Without such an agreement, Jewish marriages cannot be dissolved without the consent and cooperation of both spouses.
Nashim (Hebrew: נשים "Women" or "Wives") is the third order of the Mishnah (also of the Tosefta and Talmud) containing family law. Of the six orders of the Mishnah, it is the shortest. Of the six orders of the Mishnah, it is the shortest.
Laws concerning marriage (Mitzvot: 122 - 125 ) Laws concerning divorce (Mitzvot: 126 - 127 ) Laws concerning Yibbum and Halitza (Mitzvot: 128 - 130 ) Laws concerning a young virgin (Mitzvot: 131 - 135 ) Laws concerning a faithless wife (Mitzvot: 136 - 138 )