Judyth Har-Even writes about her experience, and what others must go through as well, to obtain a divorce as a Jewish woman. She starts off by saying "If all goes well at the courthouse this morning, I will receive my get, a Jewish written divorce" (79). She is looking forward to getting this divorce. She mentions also that even though she already has a civil-divorce document, but if she wants to remarry in Israel, where she lives, she still needs to receive the get from her husband. A get is a document given to the wife by the husband, written specifically for them, ensuing a divorce. When the couple goes to court, both have a witness, and the witnesses talk to the rabbis, and must hear everything that is said.
According to Jewish tradition, divorce is considered to be a necessary evil; it was understood that divorce was sometimes necessary, but they made the process very difficult. It is law that the husband must be agreeing to the divorce under his own free will; he has to want it too. If he does not want the divorce but the wife does, then the marriage will be continued. He cannot be forced into the divorce. The get but be handed to the wife in a certain way, dropped into her hands by the husband directly after the script was written. if it is not handed to the wife directly after it was written, it is no longer a legal document, and the couple remains married. After the get is finished and the marriage is officially ended, the wife must wait ninety-two days to remarry after that.
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