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  • Rabbi Simcha Roth, who supports one of the most liberal positions, prohibits anal intercourse, and while he supports commitment ceremonies, he rejects the idea of kiddushin for same-sex couples as a halakhic impossibility.

    “Still Both Proud of And Ashamed of My Conservative Movement” | Jewschool 2007

  • R. Feldblum outlines three types of kiddushin: 1) Torah kiddushin, which is the normal and problematic variety as defined in Tractate Kiddushin 1: 1; 2) rabbinic kiddushin, which does not have biblical validation but for which a get is required, as in the case of marriage with a deaf mute; and 3) derekh kiddushin, which has neither biblical nor rabbinic validity but is nevertheless not considered fornication.

    Legal-Religious Status of the Married Woman. leBeit Yoreh 2009

  • Indeed, that is why the Talmudic term for marriage is "kiddushin" from that same root "kadosh" which means to set apart.

    Rabbi Shais Taub: Herman Cain, Respect And Sex Rabbi Shais Taub 2011

  • Indeed, that is why the Talmudic term for marriage is "kiddushin" from that same root "kadosh" which means to set apart.

    Rabbi Shais Taub: Herman Cain, Respect And Sex Rabbi Shais Taub 2011

  • When I was married a few years after that first formal encounter with the Talmud, the missader kiddushin at my wedding, the person ultimately responsible for sanctifying the relationship that binds Lori and myself, was Rabbi

    New Words for a New Year—Rabbi Leonard Gordon's Sermon 2010

  • This formula verifies that there is no desire to have biblical kiddushin and would serve as a sign that the preferred mode is derekh kiddushin.

    Legal-Religious Status of the Married Woman. leBeit Yoreh 2009

  • Because there is no unilateral acquisition in derekh kiddushin, the woman can escape the legal disadvantages which result in aginut and the subsequent possibility of mamzerut: if the husband refuses to give a get, the marriage could be legally dissolved without him.

    Legal-Religious Status of the Married Woman. leBeit Yoreh 2009

  • If both parties agreed to the terms, they performed the kiddushin (betrothal) ceremony.

    Kurdish Women. 2009

  • It is neither biblical kiddushin nor is it rabbinic kiddushin.

    Legal-Religious Status of the Married Woman. leBeit Yoreh 2009

  • He envisions the positive experience of traditional kiddushin but without the disabilities inherent in acquisition.

    Legal-Religious Status of the Married Woman. leBeit Yoreh 2009

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