כִּֽי־יִקַּ֥ח אִ֛ישׁ אִשָּׁ֖ה וּבְעָלָ֑הּ וְהָיָ֞ה אִם־לֹ֧א תִמְצָא־חֵ֣ן בְּעֵינָ֗יו כִּי־מָ֤צָא בָהּ֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת דָּבָ֔ר וְכָ֨תַב לָ֜הּ סֵ֤פֶר כְּרִיתֻת֙ וְנָתַ֣ן בְּיָדָ֔הּ וְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃
Kapag ang isang lalaki ay kumuha ng isang babae at naging asawa niya ito, at mangyari na hindi na kalugdan ng lalaki ang babae dahil may natagpuan siya rito na isang bagay na kahiya-hiya, at sinulatan niya ito ng kasulatan ng paghihiwalay, ibinigay sa kamay nito, at pinaalis ito sa kanyang bahay,
The Jewish Spiritual Heroes
In everything that Rav ever said about human conduct his intention to protect the weak against the strong is apparent, he tried in the first instance to make women independent and equal in their rights with men so that they should not be dependent on man’s caprice. At that time a man had the right to divorce his wife on the slightest pretext. The concept of “scandalous thing” (Deuteronomy, 24:1) was so interpreted that the slightest cause could serve as grounds for a divorce. It was enough for a man to see a more beautiful woman than his wife for him to divorce her.145)145) גטין צ׳ א׳. But the woman could never get rid of the husband whom her father or older brother had chosen for her.