Yes, according to a decision given by Rishon LeZion Family Court several years ago, when it ordered a delay in dividing partnership in the marital home following developments at the rabbinical court related to marital reconciliation plea filed by the husband. He had filed for ‘Shalom Bayit’ (literally “peace at home”) at the rabbinical court . Accordingly, it granted an order forbidding the wife from interfering with his specific accommodation in the marital home. Furthermore, it held that without a home there can be no “peace at home”, and, therefore, the apartment could not be sold.

Amendments to Israeli legislation concerning the division of marital property are designed to reduce financial manipulation in divorce negotiations . Under the old law relating to couples marrying after 1.1.74, division of marital assets was normally only effected upon divorce or death. Recent amendments allow for the division of marital property before divorce, in certain specified conditions. See Property Rights – Couples Married After 1974.