MARRIAGE

YOUNG JEWISH GIRLS

• From the age 12 to 121/2 she becomes eligible to be married
• Her father still has rights to sell her in to slavery
• The father is the one who chooses who she can marry
• She cannot refuse anyone her father chooses
• She is not to be married until a year after the betrothment

HUSBANDS RIGHTS

• Only the husband can denounce the marriage
• The husband had to pay a dowry of a pound of gold
• If the woman was unable to bear children, the husband could take another wife

ON WEDDING DAY

• Bride is dressed by her parents
• She gets covered with a veil to cover her eyes
• Her friends would put sashes on her
• The celebration lasts a week
• There's a procession to from the brides fathers house to the grooms father

AFTER THE WEDDING

• All the family and friends leave and the husband takes his wife to bed
• If the bride is a virgin the wedding is celebrated for three days
• If not she is immediately denounced

ROLE OF THE WOMEN

• Had to look after the husband
• Obey them
• Mill grain and work the wool
• Cook meals and wash clothes
• Sometime she even has to wash her husbands face and feet

ROLE OF THE MEN

• Provide food and clothing
• Buy back his wife if she got captured
• Lodging
• Fulfill conjugal duties
• Buy necessities