Divorce Quiz

What are the details of ending a Jewish marriage?

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What are the details of ending a Jewish marriage? What contemporary concerns figure into the discussion?

Question 1 of 10
What is required to enact a Jewish divorce?
Question 2 of 10
When might a conditional get be granted?
Question 3 of 10
Does Reform Judaism accept the ritual of halitzah?
Question 4 of 10
What is halitzah?
Question 5 of 10
True or false: The Mishnah lists a series of circumstances when a woman can ask the rabbinic court to compel her husband to perform the acts required for a divorce.
Question 6 of 10
At a traditional Jewish divorce ceremony, the presiding rabbi may ask the witnesses all of these questions except
Question 7 of 10
Which is NOT a rabbinic requirement for a divorce?
Question 8 of 10
True or false: Divorce is a mitzvah.
Question 9 of 10
Which movement offers three types of get ceremonies--one initiated by the man, one initiated by the woman, and one mutually initiated?
Question 10 of 10
If a man refuses to give his wife a Jewish bill of divorce, what is her legal status?
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