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Kohen Marrying a Divorcee
Irwin asks:
Can a cohen (gadol) marry a woman who is divorced from engagement,
even though she was never married?
Irwin, Jerusalem
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The Kollel replies:
Dear Irwin,
I assume by "engaged" you mean that they just agreed to get married.
In that case they don't require a divorce (a Get) and therefore the
woman is not considered a Gerushah (divorcee) and can marry a Cohen
even the Cohen Gadol.
If, however, when they got engaged there is suspicion that he might
have actually married her - e.g. when he proposed to her he gave her
a ring and said "will you marry me?" (and there were people watching)
- and the rabbis deem that he should give her a Get (when they decide
to break off the engagement) just to be on the safe side, then she
would be forbidden to a Cohen (see Even haEizer 6:1).
Kol Tuv,
Yonasan Sigler
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