How can an Israeli citizen living abroad get divorced from his Jewish wife without flying over to Israel where she lives, if she agrees ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 09 June, 2022Presuming there is mutual consent or a valid divorce judgment from a rabbinical court having jurisdiction over the matter, depending on the circumstances, the divorce deed itself (the ‘get’) can be drawn up abroad, if there is a rabbinical court in that country which the Chief Rabbinate in Israel recognises as having jurisdiction . The husband can then give the ‘get’ to a ‘sending’ messenger of the rabbinical court who, acting on his behalf, can physically hand it over to his wife in Israel, or to a special ‘acceptance’ messenger representing her, either in Israel or abroad.