The Opinion of R’ Asher Weiss
למודי משה | January 05, 2026
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The Opinion of R’ Asher Weiss

למודי משה | January 09, 2026

R’ Asher Weiss (Shu”t Minchas Asher 1:72 ois 1) also maintains that a double-ring ceremony is invalid, at least if it serves as an indication that the spouses are embracing “the entire concept of marriage of the modern world, according to which there is merely mutual connection and obligations, and equality,” as opposed to the Torah perspective, in which a man is koneh a woman. If this is indeed their intention, then the marriage is not valid. (He is discussing marriages at which Reform and Conservative rabbis officiated and does not discuss the status of such a marriage with an Orthodox officiant.)

R’ Asher Weiss (Shu”t Minchas Asher 1:72 ois 1) also maintains that a double-ring ceremony is invalid, at least if it serves as an indication that the spouses are embracing “the entire concept of marriage of the modern world, according to which there is merely mutual connection and obligations, and equality,” as opposed to the Torah perspective, in which a man is koneh a woman. If this is indeed their intention, then the marriage is not valid. (He is discussing marriages at which Reform and Conservative rabbis officiated and does not discuss the status of such a marriage with an Orthodox officiant.)

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