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2 rabbis jailed in US divorce sting
Associated Press
Published: 11.10.13, 11:51
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1. what a shame
Robert ,   Brooklyn   (10.11.13)
It's about time they got his Monster Mr. Mendel Epstein YS"V. This is indeed Great News!!! May we ALL share in this Simcha together. Mazel Tov! On Mendel Epstein, is said "Shem Reshoim Yirkav Bekorov". May he rot in Hell. Now Moshiach can already come. Hey don't forget to hang them all on a tree on Ocean Parkway on a nice sunny day.
2. Whne you live among the goyim you better watch
Al   (10.11.13)
yourselves. These petz are in for a very rude awakening. They will get their asses cracked open by Bubba and Leroy. They don't deserve any better. The laws of get are ancient nonsense. They simply imprison women to lousy men. Get should be given automatically as long as either side refuse to be with the other. No small wonder Jewish men and Jewish women don't seem to want to marry each other. More and more are marrying out or simply living together. This does not bode well for the Jewish people. The Jewish laws of marriage and get are ancient and must be revamped to the times. I see many hassids glued to their smartphones laughing to themselves. Could it be they were sexed?
3. Rabbis and money
Harold ,   USA   (10.11.13)
Rabbis care about money more that religion. Visit 47th and 48th Street, Avenue of the Americas, NY, USA and watch the Rebbis buying and selling gold, diamonds, expensive watches and all precious items on earth..
4. Sopranos
Seth Bullock ,   USA   (10.11.13)
This is right out of an episode of The Sopranos.
5. It's time for the get to go!
Runner1983 ,   USA   (10.11.13)
The get dates back to ancient times when women were treated as property by men. It is time for the get to go! Unfortunately, this will not happen because within the haredi culture nothing changes, no matter how harmful or perverse.
6. Anything for a buck$
(10.12.13)
7. This speaks volumes about how little rights women have...
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (10.12.13)
...in a religious marriage. Women, you enslave yourselves in religious marriages, you are just property, remember that when you sign your life away. Before you go under the chuppah, spend a day a religious divorce court to see how it really goes down, never mind what your ketubah says and a prenuptial won't help either. Mazal Tov!!! ;^)
8. In Islamic States,they have the same law but...
(10.11.13)
In Islamic States,they have the same law and without the husband's approval, the woman cannot get a divorce. but at least in some of those countries women are allowed to ask for a pre-nuptial agreement in which the husband agrees that the wife will have the right to obtain a divorce if she dosn't want to live with him. The husband is not forced to sign such agreement and if he signs it, his wife will be lucky and will be able to be free in case she dosn't want to live with him. I know there's been talks about the use of pre-nuptial agreement about the issue of Gets but why can't rabbis make it a law?
9. time for conditional divorce
Lemmings Hotline ,   sd usa   (10.13.13)
once condition is met, the divorce is automatic.
10. husband's coerced
anon ,   israel   (10.14.13)
a 'get' is not valid unless it is given willingly. hopefully this case will highlight the struggles men must go through in getting divorced. unfortunately some women will blackmail the husband by accusing him of being recalcitrant and using strong armed tactics like these.
11. #3 "Rabbis care about money more that religion."
A ,   Belgium   (10.14.13)
Better to be rabbis selling watches than Catholic priests having their way with young boys. Let's revise your generalization to make it more truthful (and improve your gross grammatical errors) : "Priests care more about little boys than they do about religion". That's better.
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