Regarding a broken engagement due to the bride's age and fertility

Date: 9 Adar II 5595

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer, Frankfurt am Main

To: Rabbi Moshe Mintz

Description

The responsum addresses a broken engagement where the groom refused to marry the bride, whose age was disputed, and the halachic implications regarding the obligation to marry a woman capable of bearing children and the annulment of the engagement.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer Collected §47

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