[Avodah] Your brother's a Mumar; here's the solution!

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Tue Jun 17 22:21:37 PDT 2008


Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
> R' ZS:
>> But for a couple who are marrying
>> and in love to take seriously the possibility that the marriage will one
>> day go sour, and they will start to hate each other, and they will come
>> to regret this marriage and this bi'ah that they now so enthusiastically
>> want, I can't accept that this is psychologically possible for anyone.
> 
> Couples in love sign prenups all the time.

And it's a big question how serious they can possibly be.  But at least
there you have a shtar and witnesses, and devarim shebelev einam devarim.
Here we're talking davka about devarim shebelev.  If the tenai is not
meant seriously it's worthless.  And I don't believe it is possible for
any couple to take it seriously, especially bish'as biah.  Any couple who
make this tenai and mean it, shouldn't be getting married.

-- 
Zev Sero               Something has gone seriously awry with this Court's
zev at sero.name          interpretation of the Constitution.
                       	                          - Clarence Thomas



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