Permitting an Unmarried Woman to Marry a Kohen After Illicit Relations

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Shlomo and Yuda

Description

An unmarried woman who had illicit relations roughly ten years prior seeks permission to marry a Kohen, claiming her partner was a kosher Jew in a predominantly non-Jewish city. The Chasam Sofer rules conditionally: if the man's corroborating admission is available, she is permitted; if her bari claim predates the shidduch, she may be permitted with a concurring opinion; but if she was only examined upon the present shidduch, her claim is suspect and she is forbidden even post facto.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer EH I §18

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