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epilepsy and the parents tried to hide his illness from the kindergar-
ten teacher. The child fainted in kindergarten and the teacher alerted
the medical services who arrived in large numbers. At the end of the
day the entire community learned of the secret, whereas had they
told just the teacher, the child’s illness would not have been so greatly
publicized.]

Our case is the same. Since in the meantime the marriage is found-
ed upon an error as the Igros Moshe writes (above), the woman must
be told. It is better that the husband himself tells her or sincerely
repents.

ɳ Summary and conclusions

1. The man incurs kareis and the penalty of being put to
death by stoning for each sinful act (of homosexuality).

2. Even a man who derives no pleasure from marital relations
must compel himself to marry a woman and fulfill the
mitzvah of procreation, provided he reveals his situation to
her.

3. A prospective spouse must be made aware of the man’s
situation. Only after she has consented can he marry her
and would that gets him to repent.

4. Even if he already married and his wife is unaware of her
embarrassing position he is obligated to tell her.

5. If he only engaged in this abomination once, he should still
be aware that he is liable for death by stoning and that he
must repent however, he possibly doesn’t have to reveal it3.

3. On a similar topic, see earlier siman 68, our response to Dr. Weissenberg’s ques-
tion concerning ‘Disclosing another Person’s Sins on the Basis of the Testimony
of a Patient undergoing Psychological Tretaement.’

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