[Avodah] Dowries for marriage

[Yosef Skolnick]

 SA Even Haezer Siman 2 Seif 1 Ramah (the whole thing) and Chelkat michokek
to answer the stirah.

http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14398&st=&pgnum=12

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Ilana Sober Elzufon wrote:

> RSZN: but there undoubtedly is more  economic  blackmail than before  [  no
> $ , no shidduch]
>
> Depends how you define "before" - dowries have been around for millennia.
>

And poskim and baalei mussar seem to have had no problem at all with
them.   One finds no condemnation of the bochur who places a high
price on himself before agreeing to a shiduch.  What one does find,
interestingly, is condemnation of the bochur who, having agreed to a
shiduch, breaks it off because the father-in-law is no longer able to
meet the commitment he made in good faith.
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