Can women faced with an intolerable marital situation initiate divorce in Jewish law? Not for the last seven centuries. But this was not always so, and in this trailblazing book Rabbi Riskin argues that there are ways in which women can start divorce proceedings. Since the twelfth century Halakhic decisors have ruled that a Jewish woman may not institute a legal action for divorce in rabbinic courts. That law is in effect today in Orthodox Judaism. The thesis of this work is that Rabbenu Tam's was a minority opinion, and ...
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Can women faced with an intolerable marital situation initiate divorce in Jewish law? Not for the last seven centuries. But this was not always so, and in this trailblazing book Rabbi Riskin argues that there are ways in which women can start divorce proceedings. Since the twelfth century Halakhic decisors have ruled that a Jewish woman may not institute a legal action for divorce in rabbinic courts. That law is in effect today in Orthodox Judaism. The thesis of this work is that Rabbenu Tam's was a minority opinion, and that the mechanism for permitting wives to initiate and carry through divorce proceedings exists--if we are willing to use it. Such a mechanism may also provide a solution to one of the most tragic and vexing problems of modern Orthodox family life--the plight of those thousands of women whose husbands refuse them a religious divorce though they themselves have remarried after receiving a civil decree. In an appendix, Rabbi Riskin presents his version of a premarital agreement designed to prevent this situation from occuring.
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196p. A beige hardcover book in near-fine condition, lacking the dustjacket. Private library stamps on endpapers and title page; otherwise clean and tight.
