Barren woman forced to divorce

The Haifa rabbinical court has forced a woman to accept a divorce because of her proven infertility.

Torah 88 248 (photo credit: Courtesy)
Torah 88 248
(photo credit: Courtesy)
The Haifa rabbinical court has forced a woman to accept a divorce because her proven infertility is preventing her husband from fulfilling the commandment to "be fruitful and multiply," reports Yediot Haifa. The court ruled that the husband had the right to create a family of his own. "From the perspective of Halacha (Jewish law) and factually, there is cause to obligate this woman to accept the divorce," the rabbis said. They ordered the man to pay an unstated amount of compensation to his ex-wife.