Unwilling to Allow His Wife a Divorce - Is This A Hillul Hashem in the Making?

«Jewish law prohibits men from taking multiple wives. But Mr. Kin, according to several rabbis here, apparently relied on a legal loophole, which says that if a man can get the special permission of 100 rabbis to take a second wife, he is able to do so.

The case has become a powerful symbol for what activists say is a deepening crisis among Orthodox Jews — hundreds of women held hostage in a religious marriage, in some cases for years after civil cases have been settled. According to the intricate religious laws dictating marriage and divorce, only the husband has the power to grant a divorce.»

Unwilling to Allow His Wife a Divorce, He Marries Another - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/us/a-wedding-amid-cries-of-unfinished-business-from-a-marriage.html?emc=edit_th_20140322&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=54809748


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