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Divorce Quiz

What are the details of ending a Jewish marriage?

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

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Question 1 of 10
According to the Bible, under what circumstances can a man never divorce his wife?
Question 2 of 10
True or false: If the court is unable to convince him, the beit din cannot mandate a divorce if the husband refuses to give the wife a get.
Question 3 of 10
Who writes the get in the Jewish divorce ritual?
Question 4 of 10
True or false: Divorce is a mitzvah.
Question 5 of 10
True or false: People present at the divorce tribunal may protest the divorce.
Question 6 of 10
True or false: If the husband/wife cannot or do not want to be present at the divorce ceremony, they may appoint agent(s) to represent them before the rabbinic court.
Question 7 of 10
Once divorced, is a couple allowed to remarry each other, according to Jewish law?
Question 8 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 9 of 10
Which text requires that a get be granted with the husband's "full consent"?
Question 10 of 10
What is halitzah?

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