Even Ha-Ezer
Broken Engagements
Reb Naftali Weinberg in his Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Shidduchim had posed a queestion to Maran Sar HaTorah about whether one may ask a Shadchan to return the shadchanus if the engagement was broken. Rav Chaim zatzal ruled that one may not. Broken engagements are never a pleasant item of discussion, and there are often…
Read MoreRav Chaim zatzal on Wedding Costs
It is well-known that wedding expenses are one of the most enormous costs that parents can have. Reb Naftali Weinberger shlita (printed in his new Sefer, “Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Shidduchim” posed a number of questions on wedding expenses to Rav Chaim. Below are a number of those questions: At what point should parents start…
Read MoreMaran Rav Chaim zt”l and More on Younger Siblings and Shidduchim
It was why Yaakov Avinu married Leah prior to his marrying Rochel, and it is something that comes up over and over again. Yet, notwithstanding its frequency, people have only vague ideas of when it is okay for a younger sibling to marry first and when it is not. Some people wonder about the actual…
Read MoreRav Chaim zt”l’s Last Answers to Shidduch Questions
A woman who teaches in a Beis Yaakov recently got engaged. Her husband wishes to move to Lakewood from New York. She had signed a contract that she would teach throughout the year. Is she permitted to break the contract or must she adhere to it? What if it is liable to affect the Shidduch?…
Read MorePassing Inappropriately Dressed People
Trips When there are Inappropriately Dressed People. Even HaEzer What are the parameters of “alternative routes” regarding inappropriately dressed people? There is a Tosfos in in Avodah Zarah 48b that discusses the parameters of what is considered dracha acharina – an alternative path in which one would not be confronted with someone inappropriately dressed. The…
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