Oct 19, 2014 01:09
9 yrs ago
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Hebrew term

גט

Hebrew to English Other Law (general)
בתעודת גירושין:

בסעיף של שמות ההורים, כתוב - שם האב ולאחר מכן, "השם המופיע בגט (אם שונה)"
שאלתי היא למה הכוונה גט? האם תעודת הגירושין איננה הגט?

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Jewish religious divorce document

The Beth Din (Jewish religious court) has a religious scribe draw up a "get", or religious divorce document, which the husband hands the wife, thus divorcing her. The get is then handed back to the presiding rabbi, who defaces it so that it cannot be used agin. The couple are then issued a Divorce Certificate, along with a Beth Din statement restating the terms of the get (Maaseh Beth Din).
The get lists all names used by the parties, e.g. Peretz known as Perry, nicknamed Pez. The rules for drawing up the get are defined in the Jewish legal texts, and are very detailed.

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-10-19 02:42:23 GMT)
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The documents listed above apply, obviously, in Israel. Jewish divorces elsewhere require both a civil divorce decree and religious divorce proceedings.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-10-19 08:58:27 GMT)
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For Maaseh Bet Din, I use Res Judicata - this was the term I was given by an experienced legal translator, who dealt with notarized translations (which tend to require a very literal style).
Note from asker:
Thank you for the detailed response. by the way, how do you call the Maaseh Bet Din in English?
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Religious Bill of Divorce

The Get is the operative religious document that accomplishes the divorce. It is handwritten by a scribe, attested to by the husband, confirmed by the Rabbinical Court, and then physically delivered into the wife's hands by the husband or his agent. After delivery, the Get is destroyed, and the Rabbinical Court provides a Certificate of Divorce to the Husband and Wife, which also constitutes a "Ptor" (release) that allows the parties to re-marry.
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agree Adar Brauner : Without Religious, or between parenthesis
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divorce ceremony

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