WHEREAS the Congregation has taken note of the efforts to work within the parameters of halakhah, Jewish law, to prevent the exploitation of the provisions concerning Jewish divorce by unscrupulous spouses and to prevent circumstances of agunah status within the Jewish community.
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Posted on 5:44PM October 07, 2004
We can call her Rachel. That is not her real name, but her story is real enough. When she married her husband, she thought she knew him well, but time proved otherwise. They lived together as husband and wife for one year, and had a child, before his physical abuse began.
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Posted on 6:00PM October 07, 2004
Pastoral Considerations in Introducing the Prenuptial
Rabbi Robert Hirt, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, Rabbi Abner Weiss, Rabbi Jeffrey R. Woolf
It might appear strange and inappropriate that, during the course of a premarital counselling session, a rabbi should raise the specter of divorce so as to advocate the use of a Prenuptial agreement.
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Posted on 6:09PM October 07, 2004
Dear (Bride and Groom,)
Mazel tov again, on your forthcoming wedding. I am looking forward to it with great anticipation of what will, I am sure, be a wonderful simchah.
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Posted on 6:39PM October 07, 2004
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Posted on 6:45PM October 07, 2004