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These were women whose hus­ Regarding the second type of aguna, W should also be concerned bands had traveled to some distant land the most obvious way of dealing with about hypocrisy and dishonesty in gen­ (often the American Continent) and just husbands who are probably alive is to eral, and the hypocrisy and dishonesty disappeared. find them and persuade them to agree with which the current international The third type of aguna results from to issue a get. Improvements in inter­ aguna campaign is riddled in particu­ the epidemic of marital break-up since national communications and travel lar. the middle of the 20•h century. These are have made this much easier.2 Jewish law knows of only two ways women whose husbands are alive and to end a marriage, tbe death of either well, whose whereabouts are known, but Type Three Aguna: A Scandalous Situation spouse or a get (Jewish religious who (for all sorts of reasons) refuse to divorce). Where neither has taken place, give their wives a get. Since Jewish Law here is obviously the world of dif­ the marriage is deemed to continue. Any only recognizes divorce by mutual con­ ference between the first type of new relationship the wife may enter sent (as different from Western secular Taguna-the husband in an appar- without a get is considered adulterous, law, where the court grants the divorce, and the children from such a relation­ in Jewish Law the parties effect the 1 Although halacha generally requires two inde­ ship are mamzeirim. An aguna is a divorce themselves under the Beis Din's pendent witnesses to establish facts (Devari111 19, 15), in the case of an aguna the testimony of one woman who is "chained)) to a marriage supervision), if a husband withholds his witness alone, hearsay evidence, or the word of which is all but over due to circum­ consent, his wife becomes an aguna - relatives and others norn1ally disqualified can be stances beyond her control. "chained." acceptable as to the husband's death.
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