At the request of the anchored woman for the past 15 years, the name of the gentleman and his refusing son - Haim - was allowed to be published
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The Tel Aviv Regional Rabbinical Court today (Tuesday) allowed the publication of the name of the father of the divorcee known as "Gvir HaMa'agan", one of the most difficult cases of refusal in recent years. Yaakov Hoffman, a wealthy tycoon from the United States, is the father who, according to the rabbinical court, helps his son anchor his wife. The court also allowed the name of the refuser himself, at the request of his wife - Haim Hoffman. The court allowed the names of the two to be published. , Which were first published in "Israel Today" because he is interested in it because "he has no hand or foot in his son's refusal."
The affair began about 15 years ago. A couple who lived in the United States came to visit Israel, and then the woman suffered a severe stroke and became disabled. Precisely while lying on a cot, her husband, Haim Hoffman, abandoned her, and returned to the United States, leaving her in a difficult situation to raise their two children alone and refusing to release her from their marriage.
The court ruled several years ago that the man behind the long anchor is the husband's father, Yaakov Hoffman, who is a tycoon from one of the US Hasidic sects, after examining the woman's claims and proving them correct. Four years ago, when the parents arrived in Israel, their departure was delayed. Has imposed precedents on sanctions for contempt of court, even though he is not a direct party in the proceedings, including the imposition of a daily fine of NIS 5,000 per day instead of imprisonment imposed on him, as well as the foreclosure of property owned in Jerusalem.
In June 2020, it was reported in "Israel Today" that Yaakov Hoffman appealed to the rabbinical court to perform a shaming of his son, as part of his renunciation of his actions. "For more than five years, an innocent US citizen has been sitting in Israel when he experienced cruel abuse by the court for no wrong done to him. "He was never involved in the non-granting of the divorce, did not talk to his son for many years and he pays a high price to justify the failures of the system," they wrote in his absence to the rabbinical court.
It should be noted that contrary to the father's claims, the Rabbinical Court, backed by the Supreme Court, holds that it has the key to ending the divorce refusal case. "The applicant is in possession of the key - and if not the key then at least the opening to bring the case to an end, but he refuses to do so time and time again with his nose and forehead bold," Judge David Mintz wrote in his ruling regarding the huge fine imposed on the father.
The ruling of the Tel Aviv Regional Rabbinical Court did not spare criticism of the father, who they claim is manipulating in order to change his legal situation. "The anchoring case of Ms. Deborah Hoffman is one of the most difficult anchoring cases faced by the system of rabbinical courts. In a judgment dated Wednesday, March 14, 2016, the court ruled that Defendant No. 2, Mr. Yaakov Hoffman, He is the real anchor of his bride ******** and that he is behind his son's cruel and unreasonable refusal to uphold the verdict that must release Baguette. " In "Contempt of Court" and even "Contempt of the Supreme Court."
"This is one of the cruel anchoring cases we have dealt with, there is no forgiveness for robbing the woman of her many years," says Pnina Omer, CEO of Yad LaIsha of Or Torah Stone, "Unfortunately, although the court headed by Rabbi Statsman is making a supreme effort to bring The affair came to an end and the whole system rallied to promote her release, the husband and father being fortified by their refusal without meaning and without purpose. We will continue to fight for the release of the aguna as long as we need it. "