Victoria considering compulsory pre-nuptials
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria is considering a pre-nuptial agreement covering the issue of a gett in a marriage break-down compulsory.
Rabbi Meir Klugwant
The President of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria, Rabbi Meir Shlomo Klugwant, told J-Wire that the agreement would allow the problems facing a religious divorce to be resolved speedily and smoothly.
Rabbi Klugwant said that pre-nuptial agreements exist in the United States and involve punitive measure incurring the unwilling husband a daily fine of US$150. He said: “This could not happen under Australian law and in any event is not desirable. All we are trying to attain is a situation avoiding the creation of agunot, or chained wives, whos husbands refuse to give them a gett.”
The plan is to make the compulsory pre-nuptial agreement in the hope that it would be implemented by other rabbinical bodies nationally at a later date.
When asked if every synagogue would enforce the ruling, he replied: “I am sure there will be some recalcitrant shuls which will allow couples to get married without the pre-nuptial. I am reticent about introducing anything which could risk losing members from the Orthodox community…but in the end it would be a worthwhile risk.”
Some congregatioons already use packaged pre-nuptial agreements from the Unites States and South Africa. Rabbi Klugwant told J-Wire that he was unaware of anyone refusing to sign one…and he said that he was yet to learn of one being put to the test.
The rabbi told J-Wire that a future consideration could well be that couples holding non-Kosher weddings would be unable to be married in an Orthodox ceremony.
The decision whether or not to introduce the pre-nuptial document is expected to be made by the Rabbinical Council of Victoria in June.
the divorce of the young folk in Israel last month .should have alerted those that did not know it that you don’t need a rabbi to have a Jewish wedding
two witnesses
a ring and the vow
after consummation
it is done
a ketubah you can write your own the net will give you clues if you want. some are on sale in jewish book shops
a prenup see your solicitor
as to a kosher party if the rabbis spent some time to make it easier to afford it maybe more of us would partake