Halacha:

Agunah 

Machshava:

Bein Adam L'Chaveiro,  Marriage 

Parsha:

Ki Teitzei 

Collections: R' Brander 4 Minute Video Series

Description

Get-refusal is nothing less than a Chilul Hashem, and it is inconceivable that such pain be inflicted under the guise of halakha. You and I can change this. We can and must insist that every couple get married with a halakhic prenup – a document first conceived in the 17th century halakhic work, Nachlas Shiva. A contemporary version, established by the Beit Din of America and Rav Mordechai Willig, with the strong support of Rav Herschel Schacter and the approval of poskim such as Rav Ovadia Yosef and Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, zt”l, and libadel may’chayyim l’chayyim, Rav Asher Weiss and others, has been in use for more than 25 years, during which time tens of thousands of N. American couples have signed it without one case of Agunah.