Hello Everyone,
Over the past few weeks we have studied the subject of divorce in the Halachic system. We have seen that unscrupulous husbands can hold their wives hostage in marriages by not giving them a גט. We also learned about various suggestions that were made to prevent these situations. The suggestions included theories for annulling marriages (which would make a גט unnecessary) or for the imposition of financial penalties that would compel the husband to give a גט.
Today in our final meeting we will discuss a relatively new suggestion. It is a prenuptial agreement which was composed by Rabbi Michael Broyde of the United States and Dr Rachel Levmore of Israel. They call their agreement “The Tripartite Agreement” and in their opinion it will put an end to wives being trapped in marriage.