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Preface
Part I; Rabbinic Authority; The Vision
Chapter 1; The Consensual Nature of Halakhic DivorceChapter 2; The Propriety of a Conditional DivorceChapter 3; A divorcee's relief from the consequences of an exploitative divorce agreementChapter 4; Division of marital assets upon divorce; From Metz Rabbinical Court of the Eighteenth Century to the Israeli Rabbinical Courts in Contemporary TimesChapter 5; Two types of Bittul Kiddushin; Kiddushei Ta'ut and UmdanaChapter 6; The efficacy of "get zikui"; From conferring an absolute benefit upon a wife ("zakhin le'adam") to acting for the absolute benefit from a husband ("zakhin me'adam")Chapter 7; An Inquiry into some of the varying halakhic traditions regarding the appropriateness of a divorcee marrying a kohen
Part II; Rabbinic Authority; The Reality
Chapter 8; Decisions in Even haEzer
About This Text
Author: A. Yehuda Warburg
Rabbinic Authority: The Vision and the Reality is a 21st-century work about the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority in general, and the workings of the institution of the beit din (Jewish court of law) in particular. In the work’s five volumes, the author presents rulings in cases of Jewish civil law that he handed down as a member of a beit din panel. These decisions touch on issues of financial disputes, domestic abuse, Jewish divorce, and more.