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Love and Marriage

Rabbi Huna ruled, “A husband who says, ‘I will not be intimate with my wife unless she wears clothes and I wear mine,’ must give her a divorce and pay her full ketuba.” –Ketubot 48a So very long ago it was apparent that a spouse must not coerce his partner into doing something that makes her uncomfortable.   What are the implications for today?