By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The person pictured above, Mordechai Ovadia, has left his wife without a Get for ten years. He has been missing for the past eight years. His wife has no way of contacting him. There is a Seruv out on him, and he appears in the weekly column of the Jewish Press of those under a Seruv. But unless someone who knows where he is reaches out, then Mrs. Ovadia will be stuck- never to be able to halachically remarry.
Recalcitrant husbands and their supporters must ask themselves – is this what Hashem wants? Do they and their supporters want Jewish women, particularly those who are dedicated to observing Jewish law, to suffer more than other women in their position? Ten years is an incredibly long time.
Also, what have they accomplished over all of this time? Have they enamored themselves to their children? To others? Have they created Kiddush hashem?
So please, if you do see him or know where Mordechai Ovadia is – contact one of the organizations that deals with these things such as https://www.thelev.org/ or Ora – https://www.getora.org/contact
Mordechai Ovadia has been missing for 8 years. Hide nor hair has been found of him. Is he alive or dead? Yet Orthodox Halacha absolves Orthodox Judaism of any responsibility to apply fairness, decency and honor to these oppressed women. Yet when other issues have made Halacha unbearable, clever Chazal has manipulated, modified and repaired the broken Halacha so as to abate Halacha’s cruel impact. Except where oppression of women is concerned, there can be no remediation of Halacha’s immoral consequences. It’s truly a misogynistic scam to transmit millennia old belief that women are chattel into present day society.
ReplyDeleteHe runs around numerous shuls collecting money.
ReplyDeletePlease email me with more details sean@thelev.org
DeleteUriah's koifer-ette, go blather to Rick Jacobs at the Reform movement. Who is broken when all you halacha "innovators" are always left behind in the dust with non-Jewish grandkids while only the Orthodox remain?
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