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    • Hasidic woman waits for 7 years for help and publicly shames her husband
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    Hasidic woman waits for 7 years for help and publicly shames her husband

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    A Hasidic woman who waited years for a religious divorce took his case to the streets and skies of Brooklyn, the New York Post reported Saturday.

    Yenta Reisa Pollack, a twenty-six-year-old Aguna from WilliamsburgNew York, spent 7 years trying to break up with her husband Eliezer Duvid Steinmetz.

    This question of Agunotor “chained women” This is an ongoing halachic issue in which women seeking a religious divorce need the consent of their husband, who can refuse for as long as they wish.

    A year after their marriage, Pollack filed for divorce. Steinmetz refused to provide a “get,” a Jewish divorce document to their marriage contract, demanding that she return to the marriage.

    Rabbinical court

    According to the New York CityPollack took the case to the beit din, the rabbinical court, where in December Steinmetz was given 10 days to annul their marriage contract or be excommunicated.

    Yenta Reisa Pollack files petition against her husband for his refusal (credit: NEW YORK POST)

    Despite pressure, Steinmetz refused and, according to those directly involved in the community, he faced no repercussions for violating the order due to his parents’ status in the community, the NYP added.

    THE New York City reported that Pollack made his case public Friday, taking to the streets to make his story heard while his supporters demonstrated outside a kosher supermarket.

    Additionally, with the support of members of the Hasidic community, a plane was rented to fly over Williamsburg for a few hours, with a sign reading “Release Aguna, Mrs. Steinmetz Now!!!” »

    A mobile billboard truck was also seen driving around the neighborhood, shaming Steinmetz and his family with its displayed image.

    “7 years of waiting… enough is enough!” » read the truck.



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