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<DIV>I want to ask the chevra whether there is any possible work-around or
exception to the rule that a couple cannot remarry after a divorce if the woman
had subsequently married someone else?</DIV>
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<DIV>This is something that actually affects people I am close to, a case where
the couple divorced years ago and the wife remarried and was subsequently
widowed after several years in her second marriage. The husband never
remarried. Now, years later -- they are both in their seventies -- they
have become friendly with each other again and are thinking about getting back
together. I told the husband that sadly, he is out of luck -- he is not
halachically permitted to take back his ex-wife. However, he has not asked
a shaila and I am not a posek. So I wonder, is there any way he can marry
his ex-wife again? When I told him he can't marry her, he asked me, "Well,
can we live in sin?" It certainly doesn't seem that that would be mutar
either, but would it be worse or better, or no different, from actually marrying
her? </DIV>
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<DIV>There is a comical side to this question, I know, but I'm dead
serious. It is in reality a story with a lot of heartache in it.
This man and woman lost a son under tragic circumstances several years ago and
altogether, their lives have been full of sadness and hardship. At their
age they have also lost many friends. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B>--------------------</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>