I have filed my husband for divorce at the rabbinate due to his extra-marital affairs. He left a message on my answer- phone jeering that I would be an ‘aguna’ (abandoned wife) and that he was planning to leave on a world tour with his lover. Can I stop him ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 09 May, 2022Yes. Under the Rabbinical Courts ( Obedience Enforcement ) Act of 1956 if a rabbinical court considers that the wife has brought credible evidence and has a good chance of succeeding in her divorce plea , then it can grant an order preventing the husband from leaving Israel if there is a substantial risk that his departure would result in the wife becoming an ‘aguna’.