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    Hasidic woman who had been waiting for marriage for 7 years embarrassed her husband in front of everyone

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    a Hasidic woman He brought the case for religious divorce, which had been pending for years, to the streets and skies of Brooklyn. New York Post It was reported on Saturday.

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

    this number Agunotor “chained women” It is an ongoing halachic issue that women seeking religious divorce must obtain their husbands’ consent, which they can refuse as long as they wish.

    Pollack requested a divorce a year after their marriage. Steinmetz refused to submit a “receipt” document, the Jewish divorce document, to the marriage contract and demanded her return to the marriage.

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    according to NYPPollack took the case to the rabbinical court “beit din”; where in December Steinmetz was given 10 days to annul the marriage contract or be excommunicated.

    Yenta Reisa Pollack files petition over her husband’s rejection (Source: NEW YORK POST)

    The NYP added that despite the pressure, Steinmetz refused and, according to those directly involved in the community, did not face any repercussions for violating the order due to his parents’ status in the community.

    NYP Pollack went public with his case on Friday, standing in the streets to get his story heard while his supporters protested outside a kosher supermarket.

    He also, with the support of the Hasidic community, flew over Williamsburg for several hours with signs reading “Release Aguna Ms. Steinmetz now!!!” A plane was chartered carrying a banner that read:

    A mobile billboard truck was also seen driving through the neighborhood, embarrassing Steinmetz and his family with its display.

    “Waiting for 7 years… that’s enough!” studied truck.



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