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Halacha 1א׳

ספר נשים

BOOK OF WOMEN

Halacha 2ב׳

הלכותיו חמש, וזה הוא סידורן: הלכות אישות, הלכות גירושין, הלכות ייבום וחליצה, הלכות נערה בתולה, הלכות סוטה.

Its groups of laws are five in the following order: laws concerning marriage; laws concerning divorce; laws concerning levirate marriage and concerning formal release from the obligation to contract such a union; laws concerning virgin maidens; laws concerning a married woman suspected (by her husband) of infidelity.

Halacha 3ג׳

הלכות אישות. יש בכללן ארבע מצוות – שתי מצוות עשה, ושתי מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לישא אישה בכתובה וקידושין; (ב) שלא תיבעל אישה בלא כתובה וקידושין; (ג) שלא ימנע שאר כסות ועונה; (ד) לפרות ולרבות ממנה.

LAWS CONCERNING MARRIAGE. These comprise four precepts, of which two are affirmative precepts and two are negative precepts. The following are their details: 1) To wed by means of a marriage-contract (Kethubah) and sacramental ritual (Kiddushin); 2) Not to cohabit with a woman in the absence of a marriage-contract and sacramental ritual; 3) Not to withhold from a wife, her board, raiment and fulfilment of conjugal duty; 4) To be fruitful and multiply by cohabiting with her.

Halacha 4ד׳

הלכות גירושין. יש בכללן שתי מצוות: (א) מצות עשה, והוא שיגרש המגרש בספר; (ב) שלא יחזיר גרושתו משנישאת.

LAWS CONCERNING DIVORCE. These comprise two precepts. The first is an affirmative precept, namely, that one who divorces (his wife) shall divorce her with a written document. The second precept is that he shall not take back the divorced woman as his wife, after she had been married to another man.

Halacha 5ה׳

הלכות ייבום וחליצה. יש בכללן שלוש מצוות – שתי מצוות עשה, ואחת מצות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לייבם; (ב) לחלוץ; (ג) שלא תינשא יבמה לאיש זר עד שתסור רשות היבם מעליה.

LAWS CONCERNING LEVIRATE MARRIAGE AND FORMAL RELEASE FROM THE OBLIGATION OF ENTERING INTO SUCH A UNION. These comprise three precepts, of which two are affirmative precepts, while one is a negative precept. These, in detail, are as follows: 1) to marry the widow of a deceased brother who left no surviving issue; 2) that, if the brother is not willing to enter into such a union, he shall release the widow by a formal refusal in accordance with the prescribed ritual; 3) that she shall not marry another man till the levirate obligation has been removed.

Halacha 6ו׳

הלכות נערה בתולה. יש בכללן חמש מצוות – שלוש מצוות עשה, ושתי מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לקנוס המפתה; (ב) שיישא האונס אנוסתו; (ג) שלא יגרש האונס; (ד) שתשב אשת מוציא שם רע תחת בעלה לעולם; (ה) שלא יגרש מוציא שם רע את אשתו.

LAWS CONCERNING VIRGIN MAIDENS. These comprise five precepts, of which three are affirmative precepts and two are negative precepts. These, in detail, are as follows: 1) to fine the seducer; 2) that the violator of a virgin shall marry her; 3) that he shall not divorce her; 4) that the wife of one who has published a false and evil report (concerning her condition before marriage) shall remain with him forever; 5) that a husband who has published such an evil report, shall not divorce his wife.

Halacha 7ז׳

הלכות סוטה. יש בכללן שלוש מצוות – אחת מצות עשה, ושתיים מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לעשות לסוטה כתורת הקנאות הסדורה בתורה; (ב) שלא ליתן שמן על קרבנה; (ג) שלא ליתן עליו לבונה.

LAWS CONCERNING A WOMAN SUSPECTED (BY HER HUSBAND) OF INFIDELITY. These comprise three precepts, of which one is an affirmative precept, while two are negative precepts. They are, in detail, as follows: 1) to do unto the woman suspected of infidelity according to "the law of jealousy" set forth in the Torah (Num. 5:11-31); 2) not to put oil on her offering; 3) not to put frankincense on it.

Halacha 8ח׳

נמצאו כל המצוות הנכללות בספר זה, שבע עשרה – מהן תשע מצוות עשה, ושמונה מצוות לא תעשה.

All the precepts comprised in this book are seventeen, of which nine are affirmative, and eight, negative precepts.

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