page_title: Wife
section_title: Rabbinic Judaism
hierarchical_section_title: Wife / Wife in Abrahamic religions / Wife in Judaism / Rabbinic Judaism
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: König Salomon wird von den Frauen zum Götzendienst verleitet, signiert auf dem Kronreif: Joan(es) Venant (ius) Pisavr(ensis) F., an der Opferschale datiert: MDCLXVIII, Öl auf Leinwand, 105 x 153 cm English: King Solomon in his old age led astray into idolatry by his wives.
context_page_description: A wife is a female partner in a continuing marital relationship.
  The term continues to be applied to a woman who has separated from her partner, and ceases to be applied to such a woman only when her marriage has come to an end, following a legally recognized divorce or the death of her spouse. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow, but not after she is divorced from her partner.
  The rights and obligations of a wife in relation to her partner and her status in the community and in law vary between cultures and have varied over time.
context_section_description: Women in Judaism have a range of rights and obligations ( see main article Jewish views on marriage). Marriage takes place on the basis of a Jewish marriage contract, called a Ketubah. There is a blur of arranged marriages and love marriages in traditional families. 
  Married women, in traditional families, wear specific clothes, like the tichel.
caption: King Solomon with 3 of his many wives. Illustrated in 1668 by Giovanni Venanzi di Pesaro. According to Biblical account, Solomon had an obsession with women and fell in love with many.
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