It was discovered after the wedding that there was deception in the match.
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Hello. A young man presented himself in the matchmaking process as a yeshiva student who is somewhat involved in medicine, as it interests him and he wants to specialize in it. He said that after the marriage he would study in a kollel until he begins his medical studies, and even after he starts studying medicine, he would continue to study half a day in the kollel. After the marriage, it became clear that in recent years the young man had not been studying in yeshiva at all but only slept there, and he cannot sit and learn in the kollel or even set fixed times for Torah study, not even a few minutes a day, and certainly not every day. The young man does not bless before or after eating, but only for appearances when there are others present, and not always, as he "forgets", he does not pray three times a day, and observing Shabbat at the girl's parents is a burden for him, as the meal lasts about two hours with many words of Torah and sacred songs, and he prefers to get up at 11 in the morning to eat only cholent and spend the rest of the time sitting and reading newspapers. It should be noted that the girl did know before the wedding that the young man was not as he presented himself, but she did not really know how far he was from observing Torah and mitzvot, and she also did not tell her parents. The girl does not want to divorce at this time. Can the girl's parents claim that there was a mistaken transaction here and request the wedding and matchmaking expenses? Thank you very much and much success.
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According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi A. Fried, shlita, in such a case there is no requirement to return the expenses.
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