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Can a rabbinical court order a woman to divorce her husband is she admits to adultery and living with another man – but there are no witnesses ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 13 June, 2022

The Greater Rabbinical Court has held that where a wife admits adultery or cohabitation with another man but there are no witnesses the rabbinical court can recommend that she divorce, but it cannot oblige her to do so.

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