Marriage

I'm having a marriage of 23 years. We are not a perfect match. Never went the same direction. My wife did thing based on her own opinion, never kept her word. I'm tired. My sons, 17 and 13, know we aren't a good association. I can't stand her. ¿How do I know when is time to leave?

What are a husband’s rights when his wife refuses to have sex with him? Is it permitted to have sex with another woman?

I have been to several orthodox weddings lately and noticed that there seem to be a lot of people crashing them. I have not seen this to the same degree at any other weddings. First, a lot of people who are not invited come to the ceremony only. That’s not unusual. But I’ve also seen many more people come to dance and/or socialize, but they don’t eat anything and they view it that they are not stealing food or putting a burden of cost on anyone. For example, one wedding I went to recently had seating room for 120 guests (15 tables of 8 each), but there had to be close to 300 people dancing. I’ve seen others come uninvited and they either share a meal with an invited guest they know or take an empty spot at the meal of a no-show. I’ve seen that happening at the exact tables where I have sat. And there are people who come for the cocktail hour and feel they are not stealing because there is lots of food just being handed out that would otherwise go to waste. Before I became friendly with so many orthodox people, I went to a lot of non-orthodox and non-Jewish weddings where if anyone crashed, it was usually just a single digit number of people. But I’ve never seen anything like what I’ve seen in the orthodox community here. Is there any reason for this?

This is a topic that has gone to the US Supreme Court, and now I am faced with it myself. I have a startup business that I run out of my home making invitations for weddings and other events. I’ve been running it singlehandedly for less than a year. I’ve done it for Jewish and non-Jewish weddings alike and even some intermarriages all without thinking of that as an issue. Now for the first time ever, I got a request for invitations from two Jewish gay men who are planning to marry each other. And this issue has suddenly struck me. Is it permitted for me to take them on as a client?

Dear Rabbi, At a Jewish wedding the groom places the glass under his foot and smashes it into several pieces. What is the significance of this act? I have a friend who is soon to be married and he asked me this question. Thanks so much for this service!

Is it permitted for a Jewish man to marry woman who is Jewish according to halacha, but actively practicing another religion and planning to remain as such?