DIVORCE

THE RELIGIOUS CONSIDERATIONS

QUESTION

If a couple receives a civil divorce, is a Jewish GET (divorce) really necessary?

Congregation Hosts
Sephardic Services

ANSWER

Congregation Shaarey
Shomayim will host the
Sephardic Jewish community
for Sabbath morning services
April 11 to observe the 500th
anniversary of the expulsion
of the Jews from Spain.
The traditional services
will be held 9 a.m. at the Jim-
my Prentis Morris Jewish
Community Center. The
speaker will be Rabbi Solo-
mon Maimon, a graduate of
Yeshivath Rabbi Itzchok El-
chonon, founder of the Seat-
tle Hebrew Academy and reci-
pient of Ibrah Umsorah Lead-
ership Award.
Services will be held 9 a.m.
April 12 at Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah.
The Sephardic Community
of Greater Detroit, in conjunc-
tion with the Detroit Jewish
Committee for Sepharad '92,
will hold a communitywide
Family Sephardic Seder 5
p.m. April 12 at Congregation
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses.
A glatt-kosher meal will be
served, featuring foods from
Sephardic cultures world-
wide. There is a charge. For
information, call Joe Tarica,
851-6880.

Yes. Otherwise, any future marriage will be considered adultery in Jewish law.

Temple Kol Ami
Sponsors Events

The Temple Kol Ami Choir,
directed by Nathalie Conrad,
will present a.Musical Grand
Tour 7:30 p.m. April 11 at the
temple. There is a charge;
desserts and hot beverages
will be served.
There will be arts and
crafts, bingo games, prizes
and refreshments 1-3:30 p.m.
April 26. There is a charge.
For information, call Donna
and Larry Sklar, 477-3221.

Temple Makes
Family Seder

The Birmingham Temple
Family Club Seder will take
place 6:30 p.m. April 20 in the
Family Room at the temple.
Rabbi Wine will conduct the
seder.
Reservations are required
and each family is asked to
bring a dish. There is a
charge. For information, call
Orna Hankins, 669-5896.

Family Seder
At Temple Israel

Temple Israel will hold its
annual Family Seder 6:30
p.m. April 18. Featured will
be a traditional seder dinner
with the reading of the Hag-
gadah, led by the Temple
Israel clergy with participa-
tion from members of the
temple.

DISCUSSION

BACKGROUND

Boy meets Girl. They fall in love and wish
to marry. All is fine until it is discovered that
she was born from a second marriage without
her mother having a GET from her first mar-
riage. The problem gets even more com-
plicated a generation or two later, with poten-
tially disastrous results. In fact, there are cer-
tain whole groups of Jews who are not al-
lowed to marry with all other groups of Jews
because they do not have the concept of
' GET This is law in the State of Israel.

children. Children of the second marriage
would be considered illegitimate, and this
stigma would prevent their marriage. If they
in turn have children, this stigma continues
to the next generation. What might seem
unimportant to the original couple could
have serious repercussions in future
generations.

VOICE

VA AD

What makes this so unfortunate is that the
whole procedure to avoid this problem is fair-
ly simple. All we need is that the parties both
agree to it, and about one-and-a-half hours of their time.

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A CONTEMPORARY ISSUE

WE ARE READY TO HELP

Civil divorce among Jews is unfortunately on the rise.
' The problem is that civil divorce does not in any way
negate the state of the marriage in Jewish law. The cou-
ple is still husband and wife until a GET has been writ- -
- ten by a proper Scribe before a competent Rabbinical
Court in accordance with the Code of Jewish Law, with
two witnesses who are Shomer Shabbps.

The Council of Orthodox Rabbis stands ready to assist
in the area of Jewish divorce. Our staff will deal sensitively
and promptly to help. For any further information call
Rabbi Chaskel Grubner.

What makes this issue more difficult is that it not only
affects the people directly involved, but also affects the

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