I am terrified of having sex with my husband because of the risk of catching Aids . Before we met he had just finished a drug rehabilitation programme. Now he’s back on hard drugs . We are both Jewish. Can I get a divorce ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 13 June, 2022Yes. Under Jewish law a wife is entitled to divorce her husband if he is a hard drug addict because he is in a high-risk group for catching Aids, and therefore, her potential murderer as he can transmit the deadly disease to her through sex, it has been decided in the rabbinical court.