Q&A: Consent to Kiddushin
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Consent to Kiddushin
Question
With God’s help, hello,
It seems to me that the Rabbi had a doubt — I’ll phrase it in my own words — whether a woman nowadays has “free consent, while understanding the meaning and consequences” of kiddushin according to the law of Moses and Israel.
By contrast, it seems to me that the Rabbi argues that a secular man who betroths a woman takes upon himself all the obligations involved in that.
Isn’t there a contradiction between these two?
Answer
Where did you get the doubt that you put in my mouth? I have written more than once exactly the opposite (for example, in the latest issue of Akdamot, in the debate with Rivka Lubitch)..