Offer marriage or children's play? The ring pull in Paris that employed the rabbinate
The judges at the Ashdod Regional Court were required to decide the complex issue, whereby a young couple jokingly performed a marriage ceremony three years ago on a shopping mall in Paris. Now that she has turned 18 and is facing marriage, the girl has appealed to the tribunal to rule if she is allowed to marry at her core
In their decision, the judges stated that there was no real intention for marriage (Photo: ShutterStock)
Woman examines diamond ring (Photo: ShutterStock)
A group of Jewish youth strolled around a mall in Paris about three years ago, when suddenly one of the boys pulled out a ring on the escalator, gave it to his then 15-year-old girlfriend and asked her if she wanted to marry him. The girl replied with a laugh - yes.
Members of the Ashdod Regional Court, Rabbi David Lebanon, Rabbi Moshe Amsalem and Rabbi Yitzhak Levy were asked this week to investigate the incident in order to decide whether the young woman, now 18 and facing marriage, is considered married and hence whether she should be allowed to marry her heart.
The Tribunal spoke at length with the young woman, who described in detail the situation as she remembers her about the background and her presence. The tribunal located the boy who handed her the ring, but in a phone call from France said he did not remember the incident. It also emerged from the examination that the "marriage ceremony" status was attended by only one witness, who was a religious Jewish boy, and not two witnesses, as Jewish law requires in proper marriage.
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The court's judges reviewed the topic of "married marriage" in Halachic history, and based their research on dozens of sources, and in particular on the rulings of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Rabbi Shalom Mashash. In their decision, the litigants determined that there was no real intention for marriage, neither on the part of the boy nor the girl. Also, no canopy was set up, and the mall steps are not a suitable place for true marriage according to Halacha.
In addition, the gift of the ring preceded the marriage proposal and not the opposite. As part of a proper marriage ceremony, it must first be said "You are consecrated to me in this ring as the religion of Moses and Israel," and only afterwards to wear the ring on the bride's finger. In light of this, the Dayanim decided that "the applicant is allowed to marry the religion of Moses and Israel to anyone who wishes." At the same time, the Dane sent warning boys and girls to avoid unnecessary marriage games.
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