Q&A: I Got Divorced 14 Years Ago, and Then We Got Back Together for Another 7 Years Without Getting Married. After Some Time He Became Ill and Passed Away, of Blessed Memory. What Am I — Divorced or Widowed? It Is Very Important to Me from the Standpoint of Jewish Law
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I got divorced 14 years ago, and then we got back together for another 7 years without getting married. After some time he became ill and passed away, of blessed memory. What am I — divorced or widowed? It is very important to me from the standpoint of Jewish law.
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Answer
There is a doubt here whether you are divorced or widowed. Turn to the rabbi who is arranging your marriage now, and he should decide this question.
Discussion on Answer
Ask what the basis is for saying she is. There was no betrothal here. There is the presumption that a person does not make his intercourse licentious, but that is not applicable when the matter is not important to him.
Correction. I got confused about the situation. You are indeed divorced in every respect.
What is the basis for saying she isn’t divorced?