Even Ha’ezer

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Even Ha’ezer is the section of the Shulchan Aruch that codifies Jewish law relating to marriage, divorce, and family matters.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Even Ha'ezer 2
Even HaEzer 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf section of the Shulchan Aruch
appliesTo Jewish divorce procedures
Jewish marriage procedures
Jewish personal status law
sexual prohibitions in Jewish law
spousal obligations in Jewish law
associatedWith Ashkenazi halakhic glosses (Rema)
Sephardi halakhic tradition
authoredBy Yosef Karo
surface form: Rabbi Yosef Karo
canonicalStatus part of standard halakhic curriculum
codifies Jewish law
compiledIn 16th century
focusesOn Agunot (chained wives)
Seder Nashim
surface form: Gittin (bills of divorce)

Seder Nashim
surface form: Kiddushin (betrothal)

Nisuin (marriage)
chalitzah
issues of lineage and legitimacy
ketubah (marriage contract)
prohibited marriages
yibbum (levirate marriage)
genre legal code
hasCommentary Aruch HaShulchan
Beit Shmuel
Chelkat Mechokek
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
surface form: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (abridged form)

Pitchei Teshuvah
influenced later responsa literature on marriage and divorce
language Hebrew
legalStatus authoritative code in Orthodox Jewish law
locatedInWork Shulchan Aruch
surface form: Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Yoreh De’ah, Even Ha’ezer, Choshen Mishpat
partOf Shulchan Aruch
religiousLawSystem Rabbinic law
religiousTradition Halakha
Orthodox Judaism
structure organized into simanim (chapters)
subjectOf divorce law in Judaism
family law in Judaism
marriage law in Judaism
titleLanguage Hebrew
titleMeaning Stone of Hope
surface form: Stone of Help
usedBy dayanim (rabbinical judges)
Responsa
surface form: poskim (halakhic decisors)

rabbis
usedIn rabbinic ordination curricula
rabbinical courts
yeshiva study

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beit Yosef coversSection Even Ha’ezer
this entity surface form: Even Ha'ezer
Arba’ah Turim hasPart Even Ha’ezer
Shulchan Aruch hasPart Even Ha’ezer
Mapah legalDomain Even Ha’ezer
this entity surface form: Even HaEzer
Tur part Even Ha’ezer
this entity surface form: Even Ha'ezer