Even HaEzer of Shulchan Aruch

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Even HaEzer of the Shulchan Aruch is the section of Rabbi Yosef Karo’s seminal Jewish legal code that primarily addresses the laws of marriage, divorce, and related family matters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf section of halachic code
addressesTopic age requirements for marriage
chalitzah (ceremony releasing levirate bond)
cohanim marriage restrictions
conditions in marriage contracts
conjugal rights
delivery of a get
dowry and financial arrangements
engagement and betrothal conditions
gittin (Jewish divorce documents)
grounds for divorce
inheritance issues related to marriage contracts
intermarriage prohibitions
issues of lineage and legitimacy
ketubah (marriage contract)
kiddushin (betrothal)
linked to: tractate Kiddushin

laws of agunah (chained wife)
mamzer status and its implications
marital obligations
modesty and marital conduct
nisuin (marriage)
parental consent in marriage
polygamy (as treated in halacha)
procedures for writing a get
prohibited marriages
rights of the husband in marriage
rights of the wife in marriage
separation and reconciliation between spouses
spousal support
witness requirements for divorce
witness requirements for marriage
yibbum (levirate marriage)
authorOfCode Rabbi Yosef Karo
linked to: Yosef Karo
canonicalStatus authoritative halachic source for marriage and divorce
compiledBy Rabbi Yosef Karo
linked to: Yosef Karo
dateOfComposition 16th century
hasCommentary Aruch HaShulchan
Beit Shmuel
Beit Yosef (on Tur, used as basis)
linked to: Beit Yosef

Chelkat Mechokek
Pithei Teshuva
linked to: Pitchei Teshuvah
language Hebrew
legalSystem Halakha
partOf Shulchan Aruch
placeOfComposition Ottoman Empire
primarySubject divorce law in Judaism
family law in Judaism
marriage law in Judaism
religiousTradition Judaism
usedByCommunity Ashkenazi Jews
Sephardi Jews

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HaMapah on Even HaEzer belongsToSection Even HaEzer of Shulchan Aruch
Tur Even Ha’ezer parallelSectionTo Even Ha’ezer in Shulchan Aruch
linked to: Even HaEzer of Shulchan Aruch
Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin influences Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer
linked to: Even HaEzer of Shulchan Aruch
Tur Even HaEzer namedAfter biblical phrase "Even HaEzer"
linked to: Even HaEzer of Shulchan Aruch
Rema on Even HaEzer commentaryOn Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer
linked to: Even HaEzer of Shulchan Aruch