<div dir="ltr">Went to shiur today by RHS in Raanana on the topic of agunot. Some remarks<div><br></div><div>1) Asked why we say a bracha on Kiddushin that lists the things that are prohibited which we dont do in other brachot.</div>
<div>answered from Brisker Rav that the bracha stresses the difference between a Jewish marriage and a gentile "marriage"</div><div><br></div><div>2) There is an ancient cherem against heating ones wife - the question is that hitting anyone is prohibted from the Torah. Answer cherem means a curse that the person will die because of this act</div>
<div><br></div><div>3) Rabbis (stressed not talmideo chachaminm) in the US that arrange for beating up the husband until he gives a get leads to a pasul get. It is against the laws of the US (in fact they were arrested).</div>
<div>Separation of religion in the US gives Jews many priveleges and one cant selectively choose when one is interested in keeping the government rules</div><div><br></div><div>4) If the wife claims "maus alai" the sefardim force a get but the ashkenazim do not.</div>
<div>ROY paskens that he is required to divorce the wife but we do not force it (kefiah)</div><div><br></div><div>5) His personal favorite is to demonstrate against the husband in front of his or family's home and to not allow the husband to get any shul priveleges and to boycott the family business. He mentioned that in his neighborhood there was a man who refused to give a get. RHS wrote a letter to the gabbai of the shul stating that the man should not get any aliyah or be chazzan. The gabbai showed the letter to the husband who then shortly afterwards gave the get.</div>
<div><br></div><div>6) He was in favor of prenups as long as the "fine" is reasonable. He gave an example of $1000 a week for mezonot during any delays as being reasonable. He also stressed that the prenup should include the bet din that would decide any issues that arise. He thought that for weddings that used a prenup that there have not been any cases of agunot by the husband refusing to give the get</div>
<div><br></div><div>7) He briefly discussed the original halacha of agunah of a husband who is missing and the chiddusim of RMF and ROY mainly with regard to the problem of "mayim she-ein behem sof"</div><div>and the problems after WWII and the twin towers.</div>
<div>In particular the use of takanot of Rabbenu Tam. Even though Piskei Teshuva says that we dont rely on this kulah ROY disagrees. In fact it was used in at least one bet din of ROY, Rav Kolitz and Tzitz Eliezer.<br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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