i24 News – Israel’s Central District Court ruled today that Israel’s Interior Ministry is obliged to recognize hundreds of online marriages registered through Zoom in the US state of Utah. The decision made by Judge Efrat Fink means that Israeli couples can now wed in a civil ceremony without leaving the country.
Hundreds of couples who registered their marriage online about a year and a half ago at the peak of the pandemic were waiting for the ruling as the country’s former Interior Minister Aryeh Deri previously instructed to freeze the procedure after only three marriages were recognized by the Population Authority.
The couples who were waiting for their marriages to be validated by Israel included Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll.
The frum political parties have been opposing civil marriages in the Jewish State for decades, as Israeli law only allows couples to wed and divorce through religious institutions, like rabbinate or sharia courts.
With thousands of Israeli citizens being non-religious or having problems gaining permission to register their marriage from religious institutions, they have been fighting for validating civil procedures. Israel have seen a decline in marriages through recognized ceremonies in recent years.
An online marriage can become a cheaper and more convenient alternative to marrying abroad, which was a common practice for Israeli couples for the last six decades.
“Israeli Court Recognizes Online Civil Marriages As Valid.”
Once upon a time, there was a certain line that no one passed. And although this one might be ON line, it is, for all practical purposes, the equivalent of passing the line. It is certainly not in line with the Halacha. In fact, it’s totally out of line, and offline.
The Rabbanut is beholden to the Israeli secular sonei dat and porkei ol Zionist Government! They use the secular law when it fits their agenda. Often the Rabbanut will detain a supposed m’agen sans halachahic justification. B’H lo alman yisroel. There are Batei Din that are beholden to halacha.
Zionism is diametrically opposed to Judaism.
How disgusting that, like the rest of Zionism, the Zionists distort and abuse the Torah for their shmad purposes.
Emes uMishpat…
The Zionists now allow toeiva marriage.
This is actually good news for Klal Yisrael because this is one more reason for Hashem to send the Zionist idol into the dust-bin of history.
Ae all know that the only zechus kiyum the umos haOlam have is not writing a kesuba between man and man (meaning toeiva marriage, of course). So, now that the Zionists, who proudly consider themselves one of the nations, have allowed the same, they have helped ensure the downfall of their idol.
“The Zionists now allow toeiva marriage.” They take pride for being like goyim.
Marriage online won’t make it or break it. It’s not worse than couples living together without marriage as they’ve been doing for years and even having children. If it’s not according to halachah, it’s as though they’re unmarried. Period.
it’s time for the old time yichus brif