A wealthy man married off his daughter to a ישיבה בחור, whom he promised to support for ten years. However, ten days after the wedding, the new father-in-law turned to the חתן and said “I’m not supporting you any longer. You’ll have to go out and make your own פרנסה.” “You’ve got to be kidding,” said the אברך. “Why it’s only been ten days since the wedding, and you promised ten years.” The father-in-law responded: “We find in מסכת ראש השנה that יום אחד בשנה חשוב כשנה. Therefore, your ten years of מזונות are done.” “If so,” the young man said, “your daughter has already been with me for ten years and hasn’t given birth. I’m entitled to a divorce.”
05/10/2021