Israel marriage law

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HANANEL EVEN HEN and Shiran Habush celebrate during their corona-era wedding at an Efrat public park on March 15. Jerusalem and its destruction have been remembered at weddings by Jews throughout the world for 2,000 years

Jewish marriage on the wane in the Jewish state ahead of Tu B'Av

 Special Rabbinical Court convenes on Sunday

Chief Rabbinate must disclose communications with RCA over testimonials

Agunot and former agunot during Yad L’Isha’s  first-annual Eshet Hamidbar (Woman of the Desert) 22-kilometer walk

300 Israeli women march for 24 hours in support of agunot


Questions of bigamy in Israel: Legal grounds

Bigamy involves someone marrying a person while he or she is still legally married to another.

Marriage process

Skip the forms and use only your ID to get married

The new venture would allow couples to bring only their IDs to the rabbinate, and significantly speed up the process of marriage.

Illustrative photo of marriage rings

Huppa pratit: good, necessary, but not sufficient

We need marriage rituals that are in sync with the seven blessings celebrating friendship and mutuality that are part of the traditional marriage ceremony.

A couple stands underneath a ‘huppa’ during their secular wedding ceremony in Tel Aviv.

Chupa Pratit - New Orthodox wedding service to be launched

In a challenge to the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly on marriage and divorce, new wedding service will use legal loopholes to circumvent draconian laws banning Orthodox, non-rabbinate marriage.

Jewish wedding (Illustrative)

Civil marriage in Eilat to be proposed in forthcoming legislation

The bill would allow civil marriages to place in Eilat, but is facing opposition from all sides.

A bride and groom kiss under the chuppah at their wedding

Tzohar opens TA marriage registration branch in cooperation with rabbinate

The organization’s marriage service took root after many couples were upset by the overly-bureaucratic and unwelcoming approach of local rabbinates to couples seeking to get married.

Wedding rings [Illustrative]

Editorial: Freedom to love

Tying religion to the state invites the intervention of secular institutions, such as the Supreme Court or Knesset, to intervene in inherently religious matters.

At the ‘Between the Ideal and the Real: Challenges in Halacha and Sexuality Before and After the Wedding’ event in Katamon’s Ramban Synagogue

Survey: Most Israelis want recognition of civil and non-Orthodox marriages

Given the option, half of those surveyed would prefer to marry outside the rabbinate.

An Orthodox wedding ceremony

Halachic tools to free ‘agunot’

The author argues that rabbinical judges should find solutions for women whose husbands refuse to grant them a divorce.

File photo: Divorce.

Supreme Court prevents use of dead soldier’s sperm

The soldier's widow and parents were at odds about the decision.

Supreme Court of Israel

For first time, religious group campaigns for civil marriage in Israel

Currently, all matters of marriage and divorce are conducted by the established religious authorities.

A bride and groom kiss under the chuppah at their wedding