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#Some poskim hold that it isn't considered for marriage if either way they're going to continue to stay married even though she remains non-Jewish.<ref>Achiezer 3:26:7</ref> | #Some poskim hold that it isn't considered for marriage if either way they're going to continue to stay married even though she remains non-Jewish.<ref>Achiezer 3:26:7</ref> | ||
#Also, according to the decision of the bet din it is possible to accept a convert for marriage if the consequences are that potentially the husband might be turned away from religion altogether if his "wife" can't convert.<ref>Achiezer 3:26:7 based on Rav Shlomo Kluger. See Minchat Yitzchak 6:107 s.v. vheneh who writes that if a Jew married a non-Jew it is better to leave her as a non-Jew than have her convert and not keep the laws of niddah, which is worse.</ref> | #Also, according to the decision of the bet din it is possible to accept a convert for marriage if the consequences are that potentially the husband might be turned away from religion altogether if his "wife" can't convert.<ref>Achiezer 3:26:7 based on Rav Shlomo Kluger. See Minchat Yitzchak 6:107 s.v. vheneh who writes that if a Jew married a non-Jew it is better to leave her as a non-Jew than have her convert and not keep the laws of niddah, which is worse.</ref> | ||
==Marriage after Conversion== | |||
#A husband and wife who converted together need to wait 3 months before remarrying each other in order to differentiate between a child she would have while non-Jewish and while she’s Jewish. They do not need to wait 3 months if there’s no doubt about whether she’s pregnant, such as if she’s already pregnant,<ref>Rav Shlomo Amar in Shma Shlomo 5:9-12 following the Dagul Mirvava</ref> she’s too old to have children,<ref>Dagul Mirvava 13:5</ref> or just had her period.<ref>Igrot Moshe EH 2:5</ref> Regarding a pregnancy test see footnote.<Ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=21253&st=&pgnum=101 Shemesh Umagen 2:41:5] writes that a blood test to check if she's pregnant is not sufficient evidence to exempt from havchana because it isn't always accurate. [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/878591/rabbi-hershel-schachter/highlights-of-hilchos-meuberes-meinekes-chaveiro-and-havchana-even-haezer-siman-13/ Rav Schachter] quotes his father that a pregnancy test is reliable to ensure that she's either pregnant or not pregnant not to require waiting 3 months.</ref> | |||
#A woman who was previously “married” to a Jew and converts must wait 3 months before getting remarried after the conversion.<ref>Shulchan Aruch E.H. 13:5</ref> However, they do not need to wait 3 months if it is clear that she’s pregnant or not pregnant, such as if she’s too old to have children.<ref>Rav Elyashiv (Kovetz Teshuvot 3:150) writes that a non-Jewish woman married to a Jew who converted does not need havchana if it is clear that she’s not pregnant such as if she’s too old to have children. He writes that this is included in the leniency of the Dagul Mirvava since regarding two Jews this case is impossible. The only case that is comparable to two Jews who were married and got divorced is two non-Jews who were married and now she converted and married another Jew. In that case, there is no leniency even if it is known that she’s pregnant or not pregnant. </ref> | |||
#A woman who was previously married to a non-Jew and converts by herself must wait 3 months before getting married to a Jewish man after the conversion.<ref>Shulchan Aruch E.H. 13:5</ref> There’s no leniency even if it is clear that she’s not pregnant such as if she’s too old to have children.<ref>Chelkat Mechokek 13:4 isn’t sure about this. Dagul Mirvava isn’t lenient against Chelkat Mechokek. Igrot Moshe YD 3:110 and EH 2:5 follows Dagul Mirvava but isn’t more lenient than that.</ref> | |||
# A single woman who converts and wants to get married does not have to wait 3 months before getting married.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch E.H. 13:5, Bet Shmuel 13:7</ref> Some hold she has to wait,<ref>Radvaz cited by Pitchei Teshuva 13:5</ref> but to satisfy this opinion some hold a pregnancy test is sufficient.<ref>Dibrot Eliyahu 7:119 relies on a pregnancy test only for a convert which according to Shulchan Aruch doesn't need havchana. He doesn't rely on it for a married woman who converts since she needs havchana.</ref> | |||
==Milah for Baby Mistakenly Assumed to Be Jewish== | ==Milah for Baby Mistakenly Assumed to Be Jewish== | ||
