Jeff Hafif Gives Get After 17 Years, More Rallies Planned For Other Get Refusers

 

Jeff Hafif, a man who withheld a Get for 17 years while marrying a second woman, finally gave a Get on Sunday morning.

This breaking update follows a report by VINnews last week that Hafif was arrested after a recording circulated in which a voice sounding like Jeff’s was heard abusing his wife and children.

Hafif’s case was also just one out of many cases that are the center of a new but quickly growing movement on social media, in which Jewish influencers are using their platforms to promote and gain public support for Agunos, taking back control of a broken system that has thus far failed to help these victims properly. Many of these social media campaigns resulted in public rallies outside the homes of these recalcitrant husbands, effectively creating a social pressure unlike any that had been seen before.

The message is clear. The community is no longer willing to tolerate Get withholding, and community members are willing to step up and make their voices heard publicly.

Hafif gave his Get on Sunday morning aftert meeting with some Rabbonim in the local Syrian community, inluding Rabbi Eli Mansour.

According to reports, Mr. Harry Adjmi was also instrumental in helping the Get come to fruition. This is at least the second Get Mr. Adjmi was involved with over recent weeks.  Mr. Adjmi was instrumental in the Get of the #FreeElizabeth movement as well.