Questions tagged [divorce]
The divorce procedure, the "get," and concepts, questions, and laws relating to divorce in Jewish law.
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Can a divorced man sleep in the same household (no intercourse) with his ex-wife? [closed]
The man is visiting his kids, from another country, and will stay in the ex-wife's house.
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Practical application of not having a Get
I know that without a Get, there are severe limitations on a woman in terms of remarrying (or even just getting pregnant IIRC) but what are the implications on a woman and a man beyond the issue of ...
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Divorce for injured males?
If a man can’t satisfy his wife sexually because he was injured by someone or something else and made a eunuch (such as say during wartime injuries or a wood chipper) can his wife divorce him? Is ...
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Taggim in a Get
A Get is called a "sefer". In that case, why doesn't it require taggin (beautification marks atop the letters)?
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Is a conditional Get kosher
Is it valid if a get is given to a women with a condition say.. if you move to china within 50 years of the giving of this get the get becomes null and void from day one and anyone she remarried ...
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Is the marriage contract valid upon the death or the divorce of the spouse?
I had a specific question related to the Kiddushin and death contract.
In the schools of Halakha, is the marriage contract considered "void" or "cancelled" or "paused" at ...
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Spelling mismatch between ketubah and gett
Without going into the whole Gantsah Geshichta, my sister is trying to convince me of the critical importance of the spelling of a person's name. She points to a local Rabbi who is an "expert in ...
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Is a get given by remote control good? [duplicate]
Can a man give a get over to his wife either directly or out in her rishus via a drone operated by him?
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Why no brocho on geirushin?
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Brochos are said before doing (almost?) all mitzvos, specifically those connected with a specific action.
Before getting engaged to a woman there is a brocho.
It is a mitzvah that if one is ...
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Would marriage and divorce for Gentiles be invalid for being an appropriation of Jewish commandments?
I've read somewhere that God gave the law of divorce to the Jews but not to the Gentiles, quoted some rabbinic opinion about it, didn't say which one. Is there anything to that effect in the Talmud? I ...
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Four counted as dead & Agunot
Nedarim 64b relates of the Gemara: "it was taught in a baraita: Four are considered as if they were dead: A pauper, and a leper, and a blind person, and one who has no children."
Could one ...
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Sharing a home with divorced spouse
Is it ok for a divorced couple to temporarily (on vacation for example) share a home, not alone but with grown children?
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What does halacha say about the timing and conditions of the Jewish divorce ceremony?
According to halacha, what conditions need to exist before a husband can give his wife a gett (Jewish divorce), or before a wife can accept a gett from her husband?
In the letter below from Rabbi ...
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Gerusha who marries a Kohen
I’m currently learning the Halachos of Aveilus with a Chavrusah and we discussed the following question if a gerusha who marries a Kohen and he dies, does she sit shiva and observe the mourning period ...
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Chiddushei Rav Chaim Halevi Hilkhot Gerushin 6:9
Below is a section from Chiddushei Rav Chaim. In the last paragraph, Rav Chaim gives an answer to his initial question as to why Rambam connected the reason why a קטנה cannot appoint a שליח לקבלה to ...
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Sexual Relations with a married woman that's asur to her husband
Is it ok for a man to have relations with a married woman who's already been unfaithful to her husband?
Is there still an isur kareth?
Or since she's already prohibited from being with her husband and ...
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Can a kohen have a child by IVF with a divorce. What is the status of the child?
Is there any workaround avialable for thousands of kohanim who want to have children but are older singles and can't get married because of the high percentage of divorcees in the female population ...
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Is it true that after gets are given they are burned/destroyed?
I've heard this from several people, but could not find a source.
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What are some criteria that would allow a spouse to file for divorce in secular court?
Halachically, from my understanding, a spouse cannot file for divorce in a secular court without permission from Bais Din.
Are there any specific reasons spelled out, besides explicit permission from ...
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Three yods in a Get
https://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.85b.12?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en. The gemara says that there are two words in a get (Jewish divorce document) that should be written with three consecutive yods: ...
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For wartime conditional Gett, what's the status of intermediary adultery?
I'm trying to understand the Halachah of David's story with Bat Sheva, relying on the idea of "conditional Gett".
a soldier writes a conditional Gett, which states that if he eventually ...
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Writing a divorce GET on sand
If a divorce GET (document) is written on loose sand in a box and delivered to the woman, is this a kosher GET and valid divorce?
The writing would hold in the sand, though if the box holding the sand ...
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Giving a divorce (get) written on a tablet screen
Can a person divorce his wife by giving her a get written on a tablet screen?
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Conditional divorce and the ketubah
According to Mishna 7:5 of Masechet Gittin, if a man gives a woman a divorce on condition that she give him 200 zuz, she is divorced and must give it to him. But this seems to make the ketubah useless ...
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Why is the law not enforced, that a couple must divorce if they have no children after ten years? [duplicate]
Jewish law says that if a couple has no children after ten years of marriage, and the man is not allowed to take a second wife, they must get a divorce so the man can remarry and try again to fulfill ...
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Divorce and Mizbeach
The gemara in Gittin 90b has a memoir that says if a man divorces one's wife the mizbeach, the altar, cries over this. Why and how is the mizbeach connected to marriage and the separation of man and ...
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If a Gett is given on condition the husband does not return what is considered "returning"?
Apologies if this is answered simply elsewhere -- I haven't studied the laws of Gittin, but this question doesn't seem to be addressed in the connected mishna in Gittin 76a.
In Ketuvot, 2b, the text ...
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Does Yeshu’s teaching on divorce qualify the Notzri as a false prophet according to the Halakhah? [closed]
I’m an Italian Noahide.
With regard to the false prophet, this is what Rambam says:
Mishneh Torah-Yesodei haTorah 9:1
It is clear and explicit in the Torah that it is [God's] commandment,
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Delivering a Get when the wife is far away
During a divorce proceeding, should the husband's wife ideally be given the Gett in person, even if she lives ~3000 miles away? (The divorce is consented by both parties and they are relatively ...
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Divorced woman remarrying her ex-husband
May a woman, who after receiving a get from her husband has relations with another man out of wedlock, remarry her husband?
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Divorce Agreements and Get Meusa (divorce given under duress)
Today it happens (and my impression is that it is rather common) for a divorcing couple to write a civil divorce agreement with all the conditions of their divorce, and this agreement will contain a ...
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Non-Jewish court imposing payments until a Jewish divorce is given
This recent news article discusses a Jewish man who was ordered by a non-Jewish court to pay maintenance to his wife until he grants her a get (Jewish divorce document).
The man claimed in court that ...
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If a condition to bury someone's body wasn't upheld, is one allowed to exhume the body?
A follow up to this recent question "(Why) May a Beit Din refuse to bury a body in order to coerce a man into giving a divorce?" where a Jewish burial society was instructed to not bury the body of a ...
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(Why) May a Beit Din refuse to bury a body in order to coerce a man into giving a divorce?
I read recently of a case where a Rabbi (I assume as head of a Beit Din) instructed a Jewish burial society not to bury the body of a woman who is the mother of a man who refuses to give his wife a ...
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May a man marry the women with whom he committed adultery?
A single man commits adultery with a married woman. Later the woman divorces her husband, and wishes to marry the single man with whom she had the meretricious relationship. Is this allowed?
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Halachic spelling of last names
What sources are there for learning how to spell last names in Hebrew? Especially, or halachic documents like kesubos, gittin, etc.
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How is one determined to be an "expert in the nature of divorces and marriages?"
The Shulchan Aruch, Even Haezer 49:3 rules that:
כל מי שאינו בקי בטיב גיטין וקידושין לא יהא לו עסק עמהם להורות בהם שבקל יכול לטעות ויתיר את הערוה וגורם להרבות ממזרים בישראל:
Anyone who is not an ...
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Is there ever a Torah obligation to divorce one's wife?
There are many cases throughout the Mishnayos and Gemarra of women who one is obligated to divorce. I believe all of them are Rabbinic. I'm wondering if there's ever a case where the Torah would ...
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Divorcing one's wife if "she burnt his food OR he saw someone prettier." Huh?
The mishnah on Gittin 90a lists two starting reasons that could be grounds for divorcing one's wife:
ובית הלל אומרים אפילו הקדיחה תבשילו שנאמר כי מצא בה ערות דבר
ר' עקיבא אומר אפי' מצא אחרת נאה ...
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Were Kohanim forbidden from serving in King David's army?
The gemara in a couple places (Shabbos 56a, Kesuvos 9b) tells us that before leaving to battle, the soldiers in King David's army would give a conditional get to their wives in order to prevent a ...
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Can a Bet Din's Halachic rulings be retroactively annulled if a Dayan is found to be corrupt or a grave sinner?
Are there any retroactive ramifications in a case where Ch"v there is fullproof evidence (or admission) of a Dayan being corrupt or committing sins such as breaking shabbat/adultery/murder or עבירות ...
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Why isn't a divorced woman mentioned in the first mishna of Maseches Kesuvos?
Maseches Kesuvos 2a begins with:
בתולה נשאת ליום הרביעי ואלמנה ליום החמישי
A virgin is married on Wednesday and a widow on Thursday.
The ensuing dafim tell us the reasons why these days were ...
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What are the requirements for divorcing a brain-damaged woman?
What are the requirements of the Beth din for a man to divorce a women who is brain damaged?
If she has parents, can they go with her to the Beth Din to hear what is being said.
Who represents the ...
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How does Kibbud Av V'Eim work for a child of divorced parents?
How does Kibbud Av V'Eim work for a child of divorced parents?
(not referring to a case where one tells him to break Shabbos and the other tells him not to)
What about a regular case- like they ...
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Gender transition and divorce [duplicate]
If a married woman undergoes gender reassignment surgery(warning: explicit language is used) and hormonal treatments to become a male how would a halachic divorce be performed? Would one even be ...
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Would a neighborhood of a city be identified in a Get?
A Get needs to contain the name of the city in which it was signed by its witnesses.
What is the Halacha where there are neighborhoods? For example, does one write "London" or "Stamford Hill"? "...
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Question about using the same bed after divorce
Let's suppose a married couple have relations in a specific bed, then divorce and one of then (let's suppose the man), keeps the bed in his house after the divorce.
Can that man have relations with ...
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Why for a divorce does a woman do many different actions, but doesn't do them for Kiddushin?
I've witnessed the giving of a get, and it has many steps (the below bulletpoints are adapted from here). For example:
the woman accepts the folded get into her cupped hands grasping it.
The woman ...
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Shiduch during divorce
Is there a halachic source that allows a man to start shiduch before giving the final Get?
the couple doesn’t live together for months
legal agreements all signed
bet din file open and final get ...
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What is a “halachic annulment” of a marriage and when is it employed?
I’m stunned that this question wasn’t previously asked.
The Gemara (Gittin 33a) discusses the concept of כל דמקדש אדעתא דרבנן מקדש - anyone who marries does so with the consent of the Rabbis. As ...
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