Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Yevamot 169:3

איכא דאמרי קיחה איצטריכא ליה ס"ד אמינא ליגמר מטומאה קמשמע לן

[The prohibition in regard] to marrying had to be specified.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'taking was necessary for him', with reference to the verse, 'They shall not take'. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> Since it might have been assumed that it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition of the marriage of the halalah to a halal. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> should be inferred from [that relating to] defilement,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which, as has just been shewn, applies only to men and not to women. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> therefore he taught us<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case of marriage by the text of Lev. XXI, 7. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

Q. Rabbi Eliezer B. Joseph betrothed L through a deputy. Subsequently it was discovered that at the time of the betrothal L was pregnant through harlotry.
A. If L refuses to accept a divorce, Rabbi Eliezer is permitted to marry another woman. Rabbenu Gershom had intended that his prohibition against bigamy should apply only when the first marriage was legitimately contracted; but he had not intended to protect by his takkanah the marriage of a loose and immoral woman. Those who impute such intentions to Rabbenu Gershom will receive severe punishment from Heaven for defaming this saint's character and malignantly ascribing to him silly ordinances in order to make him appear ridiculous and thus discredit his other takkanot. Thus, the Rabbis are intent upon breaking up the marriage of a man to a woman pregnant by another. Would, then, Rabbenu Gershom protect such a marriage by his takkanah! I am even inclined to the opinion that the betrothal itself was invalid since the bridegroom was ignorant of facts, the knowledge of which would have prevented him from marrying L. There is no doubt, however, that Rabbi Eliezer is permitted to marry another woman in case L refuses to accept a divorce.
SOURCES: Cr. 161.
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Teshuvot Maharam

Q. While A was absent in a foreign country, his wife borrowed money for her sustenance. Upon his return, A refused to pay his wife's debts claiming that she could have supported herself by her work.
A. Biblical law requires that a husband must provide his wife's sustenance; therefore, A must pay whatever his wife borrowed for her sustenance.
SOURCES: Pr. 232; L. 383. Cf. P. 11; Mord. Ket. 273.
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