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Article: Divorce, Tel Aviv style - 1973. (excerpt from book "From All Their Habitations")
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- March 22, 1996
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It was a classic illustration of the first Mishna in the Gemara Gittin, the opening law of the Talmudic tractate dealing with divorce:
One who brings a document of divorce from abroad must say it was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence.
At the time, I was a tour operator specializing in trips to Israel. A rabbi friend, who knew that I was leaving shortly for Tel Aviv, called me and sought my assistance. The rabbi had been asked to help someone in his community with a personal matter.
Bruce and Lorraine Wine (all the names in this piece are fictitious) had been married by a Reform rabbi in New York. After several years, their marriage ...