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Trial set for rabbi accused of running divorce kidnap team
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Published: 18.02.15, 11:39
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1. Ought be a better Way
Zechariah   (02.18.15)
Ought be a better way for sure and need pre nuptials
2. One more reason for civil marriage
Dori   (02.18.15)
Separate state from religion
3. That's one side of the story
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.18.15)
Jewish women have been held hostage for a very long time because of the need for a get. Men have been known to require outlandish sums of money before they will sign a get, especially when it is the women who bring the money to the marriage; even worse, men have been known to refuse to grant a get until the woman relinquishes custody of the children of the marriage; sometimes men simply refuse to give a get because they just aren't all that marriageable. Cattle prods are kind. Most of these men deserve considerably worse. The rabbinical courts do NOTHING. Rabbi Epstein is the only person who acts on behalf of these women. I applaud his work.
4. He is looking at 20 years to life...
Al   (02.18.15)
In America he will stay in Jail....
5. And I thought that I have...
Sarah B ,   U. S. A/Israel   (02.18.15)
Seen it all !!! Rabbi's have been involved in all kinds of illegal and immoral activities. From sex scandals, to illegal trading in human organs, to drug traffiking and money laundering, to Mafia style divorce enforcers for hire... What is next? Could this be a sign that the end is near?
6. To force people to sign a document
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (02.18.15)
against their will, is illegal,it is stalinistic,i don't believe that God granted the husband the power to imprison his wife for as long as it pleases him,Kedath Moshe VeIsrael doesn't mean the right to torture,you can't force a man or a woman to stay in a marriage against their will,if i am not mistaken,the american law is,if a couple are seperated for a year the marriage is automatically dissolved.
7. forcing men to give a get
Shira ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (02.18.15)
why not? some men are just stubborn, or are only willing to give a get if given a lot of money and or property. If they aren't willing to give the get willingly, then the Rabbis are allowed by Jewish law to force a man to do so.
8. sympathetic
john ,   toronto   (02.19.15)
Women will be sympathetic to him. After all they asked properly and they were not given. If this rabbinate council was good then they would have made it easy but then rabbinate needs to change.
9. Where did he get the title "Rabbi"?
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (02.21.15)
In Judaism the goal doesn't justify the means. He is a plain mafiosi,if the story is true. Can't the renowned "Jewish brain" get an idea to solve the "Get" problem ?
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