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Family & Ishut,  Kibud Av v'Aim,  Mekorot / Responsa Literature 

Collections: R' Rakeffet Responsa Literature Fall 2023

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Letter from Michael Reinsdorf. Letter from Lakewood on child abuse. Mishneh Halakhot 16:61: Modern parents order their daughter not to marry young Charedi Talmid Chacham who is not "modern". Reaction of Charedi who visited Yeshivat Kakotel. Parents ask child to violate Shabbat. R' Rakeffet's bar mitzvah. Ketubot 52 & Jeremiah 22:6: Make one's daughter attractive to ensure marriage. Rambam Ishut 9: Father must provide dowry. Marrying for money. Don't delay marriage of daughter until she is old. R' Rakeffet's proposed takanah on divorce. His return to Maplewood. Vayikrah Rabbah 21:8: R' Akiva via ruach hakodesh showed the requirement of father to marry off daughter. R' Silver's return to the U.S. The divine aspect of liquor. R' Mendel Lewittes relates R' Moshe Soloveichik's view on marriage. Rema: Children may marry whom they want. Role of tza'ar. Older single women might be susceptible to zenut. Young couples in USSR who lived together do not need a get. טוב למיתב טן דו. Language used in tenaim document. Two elderly aunts who didn't marry. Well-known Litvak who upset his Chassidic mother-in-law twice (and now regrets it). Will Agudah ever invite a YU Rav to speak? Lakewood did.