NA Responsa 7 i
Title
NA Responsa 7 i
Subject
Yibum
Source
Date
1855
Rights
National Archives of the Netherlands
Category
Even Ha'Ezer
Legible
TRUE
Question Summary
Ruben dies and leaves a childless wife. A witness reports that Ruben has a brother who is no longer a Jew, and that Ruben told him he died. May the wife remarry?
Question Full
Ruben from a far off land marries a local woman and dies without children. His wife wishes to remarry. A witness reports that he knows for sure that Ruben has a brother that converted from Judaism. Therefore Ruben told him sometime before the marriage that his brother had died. Do we now permit the woman to remarry?
Files
Collection
Citation
“NA Responsa 7 i,” Pri Ets Haim Amsterdam Responsa, accessed April 11, 2025, https://pehh.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2320.