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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 halitzah?
Question 2 of 10
Does Reform Judaism accept the ritual of halitzah?
Question 3 of 10
Which text requires that a get be granted with the husband's "full consent"?
Question 4 of 10
True or false: People present at the divorce tribunal may protest the divorce.
Question 5 of 10
What is the ceremony called in which a childless widow's brother-in-law is released from his obligation to marry his late brother's wife?
Question 6 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 7 of 10
What is the name of the Jewish bill of divorce?
Question 8 of 10
What is required to enact a Jewish divorce?
Question 9 of 10
Is a civil divorce accepted as fully dissolving a marriage?
Question 10 of 10
According to the Bible, who can initiate a divorce?

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