No ! Even though a rabbinical court in Israel will not recognize such a union as being valid, it has no jurisdiction to cancel it. A similar result, however, can be achieved by asking the rabbinical court in Israel to pass a judgment declaring both the parties as being free to marry under Jewish law. In practice, however, as the marriage abroad is still likely to leave some doubt about whether the parties “dedicated themselves” to one another, to be on the safe side the rabbinical court is likely to give instructions for the preparation of a ‘get’ (Jewish divorce).