the dissolution of a marriage is brought on by complex circumstances and infidelity alone does not make one party singularly responsible for it." That is pretty sick. One of the basic concepts of marriage in any culture or religion is fidelity, even if it is polygamous. Can this reasoning also be used if the husband, god forbid, beats his wife? Oh, yes he beat her but it isn't that simple. I think these judges are mentally sick, misunderstanding the basic concept of marriage.

is that a child or young relative dies young which is what happened to King David when he sinned with Batsheva. Another consequence I have observed is that the seed of most of the children are cut off in the next generation. Malachi the Prophet said the Lord does not change. What happened to David and Batsheva still happens today. In the US Navy, there were senior officers who misused authority and some perjured me and others forced me into sexual sin. What was the consequence to the people who attacked me? One flew his private airplane into a mountainside and died with his wife (Captain Lamar Smith). Another who had two sons lost one son to cancer (Admiral Joe Howard). Another lost his favorite son to suicide (Captain Leonard Moore). Another saw the seed cut off in three of his four children (Captain Russell Barnhill). There are terrible consequences to infidelity for the guilty parties.

When there is a divorce , generally , even when one is infidel , both sides can be blamed . Why did she cheat him ? Fidelity ? in every case ? That's ignoring the many facts that can provoke this infidelity . Beating a wife , in no circumstance allowed , not even with a rose . Yes , fidelity is a basic concept of marriage , but not in all circumstances can it be honored .

Adam I have mercy on your wife....

I fully support that spouse not receiving a penny. That's what they deserve.

You men are so brutal. If the shoe was on the other foot how would you feeL? As I see it in modern tomes in most families the women are wage earners, house keepers, cooks and cleaners. Don't they deserve equal share of marital assets?

I'm not particularly religious, and yet I agree with you in toto. The family unit is the building block of our society, and any action betraying the commitment that undergirds this unit is reprehensible, and must be punished.

It's great news that the High Court overturned the Rabbinate’s ruling. Very dismissive of them - well done. Just because a husband or wife partakes in a little extra curricular activity, doesn't mean that they should leave a marriage with nothing. People fall out of love and people cheat – they should not be punished financially for it. And we do not know the circumstances or the nature of this couple’s marriage. All I know is that the High Court (secular of course) is more forgiving of women and treats them as human beings, and that’s a good and developed way of thinking.

In the US it has been the law for many years that you can be cheating on your spouse with anything on two legs or four, but you are still entitled to equal treatment financially with the spouse you cheated on. But that is part of the American culture of throwaway marriage.

I see the women on here are thrilled about this. Well, if women are now earning the money I'm sure they will be more than happy to split their hard earned assets with a husbnad that spends his evenings with younger, prettier women. We'll chalk it up to him having complex reasons for his infidelity.

nearly twenty years ago divorced her husband who apparently had molested a daughter who would scream whenever her father came near her as a teenager. She would not say what happened and the father pretended nothing happened. So the mother divorced and had to pay alimony to the ex-husband who did not make as much as she did. She also lost half her future retirement income to the errant ex-husband. Her name then was Jean Schubert Gorrino and her ex-husband was a Basque from Spain. The courts do force women to pay up if the husband makes less, even if he is at fault for the divorce.

#10, maybe you should inquire into the history of marriage in the US before opening your mouth on the "culture of throwaway marriage". #11, it wasn't only his money that were to be split. And that's frankly what the court has said. Nice how living in the US with no knowledge of Israeli family law, you are able to sit in judgment of all women in Israel. All the court did was say that this is not a factor, and marriage is not a prison.

Why should a really successful guy who spent many years studying and working to be a top earner (surgeon/ top lawyer, etc.) have to give half his assets to his ex-wife? Even if the situation is reversed (i.e. rich woman), a 50-50 split is dumb.

First by four guys [ give details ! did you like it ? ] then a first husband who left you [ what happened to him ? ] now another abusing guy . Pooooor rebeccaca . You'll better write books , with all the fantasy you have . What a memory , too . All those names , wow !

You are wasted in TB with all your knowledge of the bible and your incredible array of anecdotes you really should have your own column. Preferably in a Christian News Forum where your erudite wisdom would have a more appreciative audience.

I didn't pass judgement on all Israeli women. I was passing judgement on this court that ruled that infidelity should bear no consequences. No marriage isn't a prison that's why there is a thing called divorce. Imagine if the husband in this affair had been the type to beat his wife and the court decided that their were "complex Issues" behind his behavior and it shouldn't affect any settlement. Do you think there would be as many happy female posters as there is under this article?

The religious court system is garbage, it's judges are insenstive, unsocialized, patriarchal throwbacks to Medieval times who have neither the legal background nor the common sense to be judging anyone, not converts, not divorces, not even Kashrut. When will the Israeli government simple shut these insulting and wasteful drum head courts down?

Jewish since I believe in a sundown Friday to sundown Saturday Shabbat and I am monotheistic, not polytheistic. Look at Zechariah's writings, chapter 6, verses 12 to 15. When the Jewish Messiah comes, he will rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem and will sit there and rule from his throne and the counsel of peace shall be between them BOTH. YHWH the Father and Yehoshua the Son are the BOTH who will rule from Jerusalem. Christians believe there are three members of the godhead instead of a Father and Son with the same DNA. So my beliefs and counsel are closer to Jewish which is the root of faith with the grafted on branch. Roman Catholic and most Protestant churches have a man's Sunday sabbath instead of God's day of rest. They worship the seven fold spirit of God as a separate God which makes their religion polytheistic. How would my writings fit in there? It does not. When I say what I believe, I am attacked and poisoned or frozen out of the group. The Israeli Supreme Court made Messianic Jews eligible for citizenship, so Israel is a better place for me to comment on events than the Chrisitan community.

Messianic Jew * Jew for Jesus, Born Again Christian etc Sorry, to ignorant little me it is all the same. As far as I know, Jews for Jesus might be able to sneak in using the Law of Return but missionary work is very illegal here.

Only eligible if Jewish by Halacha

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