Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Beit Din,  Choshen Mishpat,  Gittin 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Legal Ethics

References: Ketuvot: 77A ,  Sanhedrin: 6A ,  Sanhedrin: 6B ,  Ketuvot: 83A  

Description

May a husband who wishes to divorce his wife withhold a get pending a financial settlement? What are a woman's options in such a circumstance? May a Jew accept the division of property assigned by an arbitrator using secular principles? Is it theft for a Jew to accept property assigned by a civil court, which a beit din would not have assigned? This session is not intended to provide practical halachic guidance.