https://pehh.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/69501f77345b282a4fc5b70c001ba121.pdf 31af03afa760781097b47df1b609ec10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1728/12 - Samuel ben Shlomo a'Cathan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1728 PEH Responsa Volume 1 Local 159 Written Date 1740-10-22 Published Date (est.) 1741-02-17 Rector Athias, David Israel Rector Short Name AthiasD URL https://frances.mie.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/PEH159.pdf Author a'Cathan, Samuel ben Shlomo Author Short Name a'Cathan Hirsch Summary A man who was already married went to a foreign city and became engaged to another woman there. When it became known that he was already married, the community leaders did not allow him to marry the second woman. In response, the man legally married the second woman in a non-Jewish court. Subsequently, the community leaders expelled him from the community. He remained in the city and lived with the woman for several years, and she observed the laws of marital purity. Later, the man left the woman and returned to his first wife in his hometown. The second wife inquired whether she needed a divorce document (Scheidebrief), as according to non-Jewish law, her marriage would be considered void due to bigamy. Samuel ben Salomo a'Cathan ruled that she would only need a divorce document if the man's whereabouts were known, allowing him to be summoned. The fact that the woman observed the laws of marital purity was irrelevant to the question of whether the marriage was religiously valid. Additionally, it was reassuring that the man's exclusion from the Jewish community ensured that there were no valid witnesses to confirm either consummation or the marriage itself. Link to Dicta <a href="https://peh.dicta.org.il/book/prietshaim/prietshaim-159">https://peh.dicta.org.il/book/prietshaim/prietshaim-159</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEH159 Bigamy Divorce document Kehilla - Exclusion from the Marriage - bigamy Marriage - concluded by the non-Jewish court Purity laws - marital Witnesses