Set out in Article 2(A) and (B) of the Prevention of Threatening Harassment Law, 5762-2001:
Harassment is the harassment of another person by any means or the taking of threats against them, in circumstances that provide a reasonable basis to assume that the harassing or threatening person may return to harm the peace of life, privacy or liberty of the person or that they may harm their body.
Without derogating from the provisions of subsection (a), threatening harassment of a person may include, among others, one of the following:
Sexual harassment, as set out in the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law, 5758-1998, is any one of the following acts:
A protection order is defined in Section 2 of the Prevention of Domestic/Family Violence Law, 5751-1991 as a court order prohibiting a person from doing all or some of the following acts:
Rape is defined in Article 5 (Sex Offences) of the Penal Law, Section 345:
If a person had intercourse with a woman —
then he committed rape […]
Marital rape was confirmed to be a crime of the same nature in a decision by the Supreme Court in 1980, citing law based on the Talmud.Sex offense
This means an offense pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 10 of the Penal Law. This section covers rape, forbidden intercourse by consent, sodomy, sexual relations between a provider of mental health treatment and a patient, indecent acts and sex offenses within the family and by persons responsible for vulnerable persons.
Indecent act
For the purposes of Article 348 (indecent act) of the Penal Law, it is defined as an act for sexual arousal, satisfaction or abasement.
Helpless person
For the purposes of Article 351 (sex offenses within the family and by persons responsible for helpless persons) of the Penal Law, it is defined as a person who because of his age, illness or physical or mental infirmity, mental deficiency or any other cause, cannot provide the needs of his livelihood, health or welfare.