A haredi man who urged his son to withhold a divorce from his wife must serve time in prison, after he lost his appeal to Israel’s highest rabbinical court.
The High Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem on Monday reaffirmed the father’s 30-day prison sentence, which is precedent-setting in that it punishes a third party to a divorce dispute, the news site NRG reported.
The father, whose name was not published, was the driving force behind his son’s refusal for years to grant his disabled wife a divorce, according to an independent investigation of the case carried out by the Regional Rabbinical Court of Tel Aviv before it sentenced the father in March.
In Israel, marital issues are under the jurisdiction of religious tribunals that act as family courts.[...]
The case reviewed Monday in Jerusalem involved a haredi couple who married 19 years ago and who lived in the United States with their two children. The wife was rendered disabled a decade ago after suffering a severe stroke when she was in Israel for a visit with her husband and children. The husband returned to the United States; his wife remained in Israel with their children. He has consistently refused her requests to be divorced, allegedly because of his father’s objection.
An injunction preventing the father from leaving Israel was issued earlier this year, when the father was in that country on a family visit. He is currently in Israel and the injunction will remain in force pending a final decision on his case, according to the news site Walla.
The court also ordered the father to pay $23,600, half of which will go to the chained wife. [...]
This is wrong on so many levels.
ReplyDelete1. The "high" rabbinical (sic) court has concluded that a man is not responsible for his actions if he, on his own free will, chose to follow bad advice. Neat.
ReplyDeleteAt the conclusion of Tisha B'Av I am left dumbfounded as to why our grandparents were punished when they erroneously listened to false prophets.
2. It is a certainty this esteemed court will also jail people who advise divorcing moms to kidnap and destroy their children - right? Oops.
They wouldn't dare do this to a woman whn refuses a get. Or a grandmother.
ReplyDeleteThey are not after Justice. They are strictly after his money just because he happens to have, and to suck him out, like many other concocted Tzedaka orgs. All he needs is to report them to the US authorities and they will deal with it as in the past.
ReplyDeletethe US state department knows about this type of thing, and doesnt care.
ReplyDeleteNY courts officially are not supposed to enforce a court order of this type (against public policy), but probably will cause A: legal fees will be more than the $25,000 and B: the deck is stacked against husbands.
Someone in the near past posted here that a US citizen who had been in the same predicament has been released after the US gov intervened, and rightfully so. Let these rabiners pasken on Malka and Shmedr.... to can them until extradited. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Torah achas yihye for all, ubehen Tzedek!
ReplyDeleteA different take on the story...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/452644/eida-gavaad-visits-with-the-father-in-law-of-recalcitrant-husband.html
Gavaad Eida Chareidis HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Shlita in recent days visited a number of askanim. He met with one askan who remains in Israel because a beis din has barred him from leaving, holding him responsible for his son not giving his daughter-in-law a get...
The askan reportedly told Rav Weiss that he wished to visit him and receive his bracha during the past months but was unable to do so due to his declining health. The man attacked the Chief Rabbinate of Israel batei din for preventing his return to the USA, insisting he has absolutely no influence on the actions of his son, who he adds left the path of chassidus a long time ago.
He reportedly showed Rav Weiss letters from a number of gedolei yisrael who he asked to assist in persuading his son to give his daughter-in-law a bill of divorce. He insists he is not part of the problem, but has been working to free his daughter-in-law.
The Gavaad reportedly gave him a bracha for good health and hatzlacha.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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