A report on Divorce and Get (divorce document)
A get or gett (גט, plural gittin גטין) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple.
- Get (divorce document)Jewish views of divorce differ, with Reform Judaism considering civil divorces adequate; Conservative and Orthodox Judaism, on the other hand, require that the husband grant his wife a divorce in the form of a get.
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Adultery
0 linksExtramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds.
Extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds.
However, even in jurisdictions that have decriminalised adultery, it may still have legal consequences, particularly in jurisdictions with fault-based divorce laws, where adultery almost always constitutes a ground for divorce and may be a factor in property settlement, the custody of children, the denial of alimony, etc. Adultery is not a ground for divorce in jurisdictions which have adopted a no-fault divorce model.
However, according to the Babylonian Talmud, Uriah was indeed Jewish and wrote a provisional bill of divorce prior to going out to war, specifying that if he fell in battle, the divorce would take effect from the time the writ was issued.
Agunah
0 linksJewish woman who is stuck in her religious marriage as determined by halakha (Jewish law).
Jewish woman who is stuck in her religious marriage as determined by halakha (Jewish law).
It is used as a borrowed term to refer to a woman whose husband refuses, or is unable, to grant her a divorce (which requires a document known as a get).