Agunot (chained wives)

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Agunot (chained wives) are Jewish women who remain religiously married because their husbands refuse or are unable to grant them a get (Jewish bill of divorce), leaving them unable to remarry under Jewish law.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf halakhic status
social issue in Judaism
women in Judaism
addressedBy Jewish feminist movement
surface form: JewishFeministOrganizations

OrthodoxJewishOrganizations
Rabbinic courts
surface form: batei din (rabbinical courts)

legalAdvocacyGroups
affectedBy interpretationOfHalakhicStandardsForGet
associatedWithTerm mesorevet get (woman denied a get)
cause husbandIncapacitated
husbandMissing
husbandRefusesToGiveGet
husbandUnableToGiveGet
husbandUnreachable
civilMaritalStatus mayBeDivorcedCivilly
consequence cannotRemarryUnderJewishLaw
economicHardship
psychologicalDistress
riskOfChildrenBeingClassifiedAsMamzerimIfTheyRemarryWithoutGet
socialStigmaInSomeCommunities
definedBy absenceOfValidGet
describedAs chained wives
discussedIn Responsa
surface form: ResponsaLiterature
ethicalIssue genderInequality
maritalCoercion
religiousFreedomWithinMarriage
gender female
hasHebrewName עגונות
hasSingularForm Agunah
hasSingularHebrewForm עגונה
historicalSource Talmud
surface form: TalmudicLaw
jurisdiction primarilyOrthodoxCommunities
languageOfTerm Hebrew
legalContext Halakha
Halakha
surface form: Jewish law
lessRelevantIn Reform Judaism
surface form: LiberalJewishMovements

Reform Judaism
surface form: ReformJudaism
maritalStatusUnderHalakha married
modernResponse civilLegislationInSomeCountries
communitySanctionsOnRecalcitrantHusbands
halakhicPrenuptialAgreements
relatedConcept get (Jewish bill of divorce)
surface form: Get (Jewish bill of divorce)
religiousContext Judaism
requiresForResolution deliveryOfValidGet
rabbinicIntervention
timePeriod phenomenonContinuingIntoContemporaryTimes
topicOf Jewish feminist movement
surface form: JewishFeministScholarship

humanRightsDiscussion
rabbinicDebate

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