get (Jewish bill of divorce)

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A get is a formal Jewish religious divorce document that must be granted by the husband and delivered to the wife to dissolve a marriage according to halakha (Jewish law).

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious document ⓘ
bill of divorce ⓘ
halakhic instrument ⓘ
associatedIssue agunot ⓘ
mesorevet get ⓘ
category Jewish legal documents ⓘ
Jewish marital status law ⓘ
codifiedIn Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
contains date of writing ⓘ
names of husband and wife ⓘ
place of writing ⓘ
statement of release of the wife ⓘ
effect permits woman to remarry under Jewish law ⓘ
prevents children of subsequent union from being mamzerim ⓘ
prevents status of adultery in subsequent relationship ⓘ
terminates halakhic marital bond ⓘ
governedBy Talmudic tractate Gittin ⓘ
linked to: tractate Gittin
hasNameInHebrew גט ⓘ
historicalOrigin ancient Israelite law ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
mayBeDeliveredVia agent (shaliach) of the husband ⓘ
mayBeReceivedBy agent (shaliach) of the wife ⓘ
mayBeUsedBy some other Jewish denominations ⓘ
mentionedIn Mishnah ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
mustBeAcceptedBy wife ⓘ
mustBeDeliveredTo wife ⓘ
mustBeGivenVoluntarilyBy husband ⓘ
mustBeGrantedBy husband ⓘ
mustBeWrittenFor specific husband ⓘ
specific marriage ⓘ
specific wife ⓘ
mustBeWrittenWith intent for this particular couple ⓘ
notEquivalentTo civil divorce decree ⓘ
oppositeOf kiddushin (Jewish betrothal) ⓘ
physicalForm handwritten document ⓘ
purpose to dissolve a Jewish marriage ⓘ
regulatedBy Jewish marital law ⓘ
halakha ⓘ
requiredBy Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
requiredFor religious divorce in Judaism ⓘ
requires husband’s halakhic competence or representation by rabbinic court ⓘ
physical transfer from husband to wife or her agent ⓘ
proper intent (kavanah) at time of delivery ⓘ
requiresNumberOfWitnesses 2 ⓘ
supervisedBy beit din ⓘ
rabbinical court ⓘ
usedInReligion Judaism ⓘ
witnessesMustBe kosher witnesses under halakha ⓘ
writtenBy sofer ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabbinic courts → handles → get (Jewish bill of divorce) ⓘ
Agunot → relatedConcept → Get (Jewish bill of divorce) ⓘ
subject linked to: Agunot (chained wives)
linked to: get (Jewish bill of divorce)
London Beth Din → provides → get (Jewish bill of divorce) ⓘ
Tur Even Ha’ezer → coversTopic → get (Jewish bill of divorce) ⓘ
Gittin → primarySubject → get (Jewish bill of divorce) ⓘ