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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
What is a shetar piturin?
Question 2 of 10
What is a "conditional divorce"?
Question 3 of 10
What is halitzah?
Question 4 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 5 of 10
Which of the following is true while granting a divorce?
Question 6 of 10
According to the Bible, under what circumstances can a man never divorce his wife?
Question 7 of 10
What happens to the get once it has been presented to the rabbi?
Question 8 of 10
Which of these is a reason that a rabbinical court could force a man to grant a divorce?
Question 9 of 10
True or false: Orthodox rabbis have almost completely eradicated the agunah problem.
Question 10 of 10
At a traditional Jewish divorce ceremony, the presiding rabbi may ask the witnesses all of these questions except

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