Wikipedia's first sentence called it “quite short”. Today it says “document in jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a jewish couple”.
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Postcard illustrating a divorce procedure, Jewish Museum of Switzerland A get , ghet , or gett ( / ɡ ɛ t / ; Imperial Aramaic : גט , plural gittin גטין ) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple. The term is also used to refer to the divorce itself. The get is a 12-line document written in Aramaic. The requirements for a get include that the document must be presented by a husband to his wife. The essential part of the get is a very short declaration: "You are hereby permitted to all men". The effect of the get is to free the woman from the marriage, and consequently, she is free to marry another, and that the laws of adultery no longer apply. The get also restores to the wife the legal rights that her husband held over her. The Bremerton, Washington District Office Has Asked Whether Common Law Marital Relationships Are Recognized In Israel A Dictionary of Law by Jonathan Law and Elizabeth A. Martin, 2014, Oxford University Press A Dictionary of Law Enforcement by Graham Gooch and Michael Williams, 2014, Oxford University Press get in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: 1: a document of release from obligation in Jewish law, specifically : a bill of divorce; 2: a religious divorce by Jewish law get in the American Heritage Dictionary "Get | Jewish document | Britannica" .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
A get ( , plural gittin גיטין ) is a divorce document, which according to Jewish Law , must be presented by a husband to his wife to effect their divorce. The essential text of the get is quite short: "You are hereby permitted to all men," i.e., the wife is no longer a married woman, and the laws of adultery no longer apply. The get also returns to the wife the legal rights which a husband holds in regard to his wife in a Jewish marriage .
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The essential part of the get is very short; the text is "You are hereby permitted to all men", which means that the wife is no longer a married woman and that the laws of adultery no longer apply.The get also returns to the wife the legal rights that a husband holds in regard to her in a Jewish marriage .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Divorce), painting by Moshe Rynecki , c. 1930.A get or gett ( / ɡ ɛ t / ; , plural gittin גיטין ) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple.The requirements for a get include that the document be presented by a husband to his wife.The essential part of the get is a very short declaration: "You are hereby permitted to all men".The effect of the get is to free the woman from the marriage, and consequently she is free to marry another and that the laws of adultery no longer apply.The get also returns to the wife the legal rights that a husband held in regard to her.
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Postcard illustrating a divorce procedure, Jewish Museum of Switzerland A get , ghet , or gett ( / ɡ ɛ t / ; , plural gittin גטין ) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple.The term is also used to refer to the divorce itself.The get is a 12-line document written in Aramaic. The requirements for a get include that the document be presented by a husband to his wife. The essential part of the get is a very short declaration: "You are hereby permitted to all men". The effect of the get is to free the woman from the marriage, and consequently she is free to marry another and that the laws of adultery no longer apply. The get also returns to the wife the legal rights that a husband held in regard to her.
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document in jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a jewish couple
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