Underage Marriage among the Jews of Iraq in the Contemporary Hebrew Novel "Fraim. Fraim" by Shalom Darwish as a Model

Abstract

The research deals with the problem of the marriage of a minor Jewish girl to an old man، through the novel "Fraim...Fraim" by the Israeli writer Shalom Darwish، who is of Iraqi origin. The research aims to identify how the writer expressed the concept of marriage of minors among the Jews. The study is divided into an introduction and three topics. The introduction introduces the writer and summarizes the events of the novel. The first section deals with the family’s motives for marrying off their young daughter to an older man. The second topic deals with the groom's family's motives for marrying their son to a young girl. The third topic presents the position of the Jewish law on the marriage of the young girl، and the psychological impact on the young girl because of this marriage.