Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Christian M. M. Brady" <cbrady AT tulane.edu>]

On 1/31/01 12:19 PM, "Jonathan D. Safren" <yon_saf AT bezeqint.net> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christian M. M. Brady" <cbrady AT tulane.edu>
> To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:08 PM
> Subject: Re: virgin: _BETHULAH_ and/or _(ALMAH_
>> But today presumably one would still need to get the civil authorities to
>> annul the marriage, yes?
>> 
> Not in Israel! Rabbinical courts have jurisdiction over Jewish marriage and
> divorce.

Thanks Jonathan, I think I knew that (but I confess to being US-centric when
I wrote the above email.)

Thanks!

Cb
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