A man marries a woman who is found to have vowed not to drink wine. He made no prior stipulations. What is the law?
Halacha 1: A vow not to drink wine causes innui nefesh and is grounds for divorce without payment of the ketubah, as it is a marriage entered under false premises (mekach ta'ut).
Question 2
A husband claims he discovered a blemish on his wife after having relations with her several days prior. What is the ruling?
Halacha 6: Once a husband has engaged in relations, we presume he checked his wife's body first. His subsequent claim of not knowing about a blemish is entirely disregarded.
Question 3
On three consecutive occasions, blood was found on the inspection cloths during marital relations from the very beginning of the marriage. What is the ruling?
Halacha 8: If this bleeding pattern occurs on three consecutive occasions from the start of the marriage, she must be divorced, and she is not entitled to the ketubah.
Question 4
A husband develops constant bad breath after marriage and his wife no longer wishes to live with him. What is the law?
Halacha 11: If a husband develops constant bad breath or foul odor after marriage, the court compels him to divorce his wife and pay the full ketubah.
Question 5
A woman's husband dies childless and the yavam (levir) has the same foul odor that the deceased husband had. The widow says she is unwilling to accept it from him. What happens?
Halacha 13: The widow may refuse the yavam if he shares the same difficult condition as her late husband. He performs chalitzah and she is entitled to her ketubah paid from her deceased husband's estate.