Sephardic Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu gave guarded approval Tuesday to revolutionary new legislation proposed by the Religious Affairs Ministry to aid wives whose husbands refuse to grant them “gets,” or bills of divorce.
Under the proposed law, such husbands could have their civil rights revoked by the courts unless and until they comply with the orders of a Beth Din (religious could) to give the “get.”
Those rights could include the right to elect and be elected to public office, the right to work in the civil service, the right to hold a driver’s license or the right to sign checks.
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