[Avodah] schechtworthy

[Michael Makovi]

>  I pointed out that the Mishna in Kesubos would seem to imply that a man
>  ought to divorce his wife in such a case.
>
>  RMYG queried this, given that the Rambam holds that if a man wants to remain
>  married to a woman in the case of the Mishna, he does not have to divorce
>  her.
>
>  I brought that while the Rambam does indeed hold like this, the Shulchan
>  Aruch brings that it is a mitzvah to divorce her (and that the takana of
>  Rabbanu Gershom which normally prevents her being divorced against her will
>  does not apply).
>
>  R' Chana

I recall hearing that Rav Soloveitchik's wife did not cover her hair,
and someone asked him why he doesn't divorce her, and he replied,
"It's not worth it". So I guess he followed Rambam.

Mikha'el Makovi