One of the most difficult moorings has come to an end • The reluctant divorcee, an ultra-Orthodox woman who lives in the US and used to beat his wife, released her from custody after three months in custody.

• Or Torah Stone // Photo: Yad La'isha

Just before Chanukah, Miriam won her own private miracle on Thursday, with one of the world's toughest moorings coming to an end. The integration of Yad La'am's forces from the Or Torah Stone Network, which represents Miriam, the court's court chaired by the Jerusalem District Court Judge Rabbi Yitzhak Oshinsky and the great help of the court's secretary Moshe Biton, who did everything he could for days, led the husband, Who refused to grant the divorce for 10 years, to cease his refusal and to release Miriam from the shackles of their marriage.

The story began about 23 years ago in the United States, where the two married, who belong to the ultra-Orthodox community. After many years of failed marriage, which included grievous violence from the husband, ten years ago, Miriam's heart was resolved to divorce. , The husband reiterated his consent, and began a long-standing saga during which he refused to grant the long-awaited divorce on various grounds.

Over the years, the husband went to court in Israel and abroad for the purpose of promoting the divorce, but he refused, even in the face of the fact that the Rebbe, one of the leading and important figures in ultra-Orthodox Hasidism, joined the judgment calling on him to grant a divorce. The couple's seat is in the United States, where the legal means and sanctions that the tribunal can take against divorce recipients are very limited, as the years have passed while Miriam remains at her mercy.

About 6 years ago, the case seemed to be at a turning point when the husband came to Israel for a family visit, and the authorities were able to issue a deportation order against him. However, the husband managed to violate the order, allegedly through the use of his brother's passport, and left the country, leaving Miriam without the long-awaited divorce.

Presented a passport with a picture that did not match his appearance // Illustrative photo: Moshe Shay

About three months ago, and after 10 years of reluctance, the Yad LaSisha organization of the Or Torah Stone Network, representing Miriam through an attorney and the rabbinical claimant Tahila Cohen, came to information that the husband took off to Israel to attend his son's wedding. The husband was arrested upon arriving in Israel and was informed that as long as he did not let the divorce be released, not even for his son's wedding.In the end, the husband remained in refusal, remained in custody and missed the wedding.However, in the end, what many persuasions failed to do, did Sitting at the prison, the husband broke down today and decided to give Miriam the long-awaited divorce.

"I am so happy and do not believe that the end of the nightmare is over and I got the divorce, this is a huge excitement," said Miriam immediately upon receiving the divorce, "Fame was a real lifeline for me, gave all her bones to me and accompanied me in the most difficult times, the long and difficult times There are no words to describe or express my appreciation for what she has done for me over the past four years, when I have had a listening ear for hours, and I feel that without her mental and emotional support I have long since been lost. And a supportive back, holds, encourages and insists for me and for countless miserable and lost women, until Real Winners see the light at the end of the tunnel. God will pay Scrcn this world and the next. "

"This is a difficult case where world-wide efforts have been made to bring it to an end. We are mourning the lost time that passed but a decade ago, the divorce was finally achieved and Miriam was released," says Pnina Omar, Managing Director of the Yad La'am organization representing Miriam. Upon his arrival in Israel, great efforts were made for the husband to grant the divorce and attend his son's wedding, and I assume that in retrospect he realizes that he did not do so and missed the happy moment of his son's life. I would like to commend our rabbinical claim, Attorney Tahila Cohen, and the rabbinical court. Together, they acted resolutely and not only led to the divorce, but at the same time sent a message to other refusers who from now on will know and see that once they refuse to grant a divorce, also They will experience a course of torment as they torment their wives. "

President and Head of the Or Torah Stone Institutions, Rabbi Katriel Brender: "Unfortunately, the divorce, which was at the root of halacha, has become a protective tool for women, and has over the years become a weapon used by spouses against each other." Hand to Woman "has led for over 20 years in representation and release. Agunot and Denied Gett, and we are glad that Miriam has joined about a thousand of the organization's clients who have been released.

The Yad La'isha organization is part of the Or Torah Stone network, which has educational institutions, programs and social initiatives, which have been operating across the country and the world for over three decades. Under the leadership of the network's president, Rabbi Dr. Katriel Brender, the network continues to evolve and expand the unique vision of the founding president, retired president and chair, Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin, to grow Orthodox, relevant and inclusive spiritual leadership, shaping Jewish, modern and Zionist communities, In a world-changing trend.