Why does a single procedural verse about divorce become the center of a major first-century legal debate? The Pharisees' question to Jesus quotes this exact passage almost directly. The original law itself is fairly narrow, mostly concerned with prev...
Legal & Ethicalכי מצא בה ערות דבר [WHEN A MAN HATH TAKEN A WIFE, AND MARRIED HER, AND IT COMES TO PASS THAT SHE FINDS NO FAVOUR IN HIS EYES.] BECAUSE HE HATH FOUND SOME SCANDALOUS THING IN HER; [THEN LET HIM WRITE A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT … AND SEND HER AWAY …] — it i...
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