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Jerusalem, Israel – In an unprecedented move, the High Rabbinical Court called on the observant public to shun a resident of Jerusalem who has been refusing to grant his wife a divorce for five years.
The man, Israel Meir Briskman, fled the country despite a hold-departure order filed against him, and is presumed to be residing in the United States.
In ads published in Israel and abroad, a panel of rabbinical court judges calls out to the public to refrain from allowing Briskman to join a congregation or from associating with him for business or pleasure. The judges also ask that the public refuse him any lodging, with or without pay, including patient visitation rights.
“The High Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem calls on the Israeli communities and the judges and rabbis of Israel wherever they may be to implement these rules of alienation and refuse the ‘Get refuser’ Israel Meir Briskman any financial, physical, or legal aid until he carries out his sentence and grants his wife an unconditional, immediate divorce,” the judges stated in the ad.
Briskman has been known to employ any and all tactics in order to evade the pending divorce. After the court granted his wife custody of their children, he announced that he would not allow for the divorce until he receives custody of his son. Later he made claims to property his wife’s father was said to have promised the couple.
Briskman’s sentence prevents him from receiving “permission by one hundred rabbis” to wed another woman, as the sentence to grant his wife a divorce has been forced upon him by the court.
The court also sentenced Briskman to a prison term of up to one year, or until he grants the divorce.
It’s about time.
Yes, It is about time. I do not know how a person can face G-D on the Yomom Ne’arim knowing that he is causing his wife to suffer needlessly. G-d does not forgive sins done to another person until restitution has been made or, atleast, the other person has stated that all is forgiven. This person is a fool if he believes that his pictured black hat impresses G-d after he acts this way. There is no excuse to refuse a Get, ever. If you feel you have a claim against your spouse, you go to a court or Beit Din.
innocent until proven guilty. lets here his side too. why jump to conclusion? he is a father and has rights to his kids . this story sounds like a corrupt bais din.
You have to hear both sides. I know a woman who wants a divorce and coerced her kids to lie about their father to convince the Beis Din to grant her divorce. I know the man and he never did what was said about him his son even admitted to lying under duress.
KOL HAKAVOD ISRAEL MEIR, CHAZAK.
YOU NEVER SEE A BES DIN DO ANYTHING TO THE HUNDREDS OF WOMAN WHO TURN THE KIDS AGAINST THERE FATHER, AND DESTROY HIS LIFE.
SO ISRAEL MEIR KEEP IT UP.
I dont care what. If he refuse to give a get he deserves even worse then this. Even if he has arguments against her or even if he feels he was unjustly given a pesak din…its a pesak din and he has to abide by it. So fellows if you se him in shull make sure to tell him to GIVE A GET TO HIS WIFE
People we need tobe Dan lekav zechut .. I am sure he has good reasons.. so he can be at piece between him and Hashem
You must hear both sides. The husband is usually assumed guilty. This is only so 50% of the time.
this piece of human garbage,deserves a bullet between the eyes
this is the only way to deal with these low life animals
How can say such Loshon Hora against the Bais Din? I’m sorry that this women has to suffer for 5 years. Would you be offering him Chizuk if this was your sister or daughter?
meir boruch, you don’t seem to have a problem with the psak din about internet.
when the ra-bonim come out with an issur against a concert or internet tht interferes with our personal comfartability, everybody bashes them.
but here noone has a problem with beis din.
you know wht , it all depends on how much you put in there keshene TODAY, or erev yom kippur..
If this is an accepted, legitimate bais din, anyone who speaks against them and suspects them of an inappropriate judgment is simply motzi shem ra on chachomim. Not good anytime but especially before the Yomim Noraim.
THIS IS MY POINT MONSEY READER, EVERY ONE FEELS SORRY FOR THE WOMAN THT SHE HAS TO SUFFER NEBECH, BUT YOU WILL NEVER EVER HEAR ANY ONE FEEL SORRY OR SPEAK UP FOR ALL MEN WHO GIVE A GET WITH NO PROBLEM, BUT THEN THE EX WOULD TURN THE CHLDRN AGAINST HIM, RUIN HIM FINANCIALLY, AND DISTROY HIS LIFE , AND THIS HAPPENS MUCH MORE THEN MEN WITHOLDING A GET. SO IF HE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO USE HIS ONLY WEAPON, YES I SAY CHAZAK. AND ISRAEL MEIR YOUR WELCOME IN MY HOUSE ANYTIME.
I can’t think of the proper words right now but I cannot let this Beis Din bashing go unanswered. You should be ashamed of yourselves. How can you go before the Melach Malchai Hamlachim after writing such hate filled words against Hashem’s Beis Din?
My sincere hope is that Briskman (amongst others) come to their senses and give their wives a get. Whatever issue you may have can be handled at a later date. How dear you use the Heilige Torah as leverage against your wife!
he is Proven Guilty: he has a psak din against him
While in some cases there is a good reason why a man doesn’t want to give his wife a get. One reason I can think of, if his wife turned his children against him. Still who ever holds his wife an agunah is a “roshe”. If they went to Beth Din they both need to abide by the psak. The reason we have “reshoim” holding their wives aginos is because the get support from their family and friends. I ask, how will you face HaShem on the Yom HaDin, if you are the reason that your brother or friend holds his wife an agunah?
Kohen Gadol Says: I can’t think of the proper words right now but I cannot let this Beis Din bashing go unanswered. You should be ashamed of yourselves. How can you go before the Melach Malchai Hamlachim after writing such hate filled words against Hashem’s Beis Din?
My sincere hope is that Briskman (amongst others) come to their senses and give their wives a get. Whatever issue you may have can be handled at a later date. How dear you use the Heilige Torah as leverage against your wife!
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how dare this corrupt bais din use the kids against him? he is thier father has the rights to see them. DO NOT GIVE THAT GET UNTILL U GET RIGHTS TO YOUR KIDS. . Dont be rail roaded by bais din . This bais din is corupt through and through
Unless you have been through a bitter divorce, you cannot understand the evil tactics women use to turn the children against their father, and to bankrupt a man with outrageous alimony and child support (she gives the $$ to the new boyfriend anyway, then she goes crying to the court for more, and tells the children that tatty won’t buy them food or clothes.)
I’m not saying this man is a tzaddik, but let’s hear his side. Withholding the Get is a bad thing, but maybe this is a desperation move by him against an evil ex-wife. Let’s hear his side!!
A bais din heard both sides. A society cannot function if every citizen follows only those rules and court decisions of which they approve.
Even if he were right he would be mechuyav to follow the psak bais din.
This is a group of tzioni “rabbis” not a beis din. they all have ulterior motives, Ym”sh.
Why cant the man give a get and then deal with custody issues- it sounds kind of ridiculous for a man or women to hold off on divorce for issues that can be settled with lawyers or judges.
he should rot in hell!
Sometimes the Get is the only leverage a man has.
This problem has gone on for such a long time with so many people. Perhaps rabbis need to rethink the approach. Maybe a Get should not be considered until all the financial and custody issues are agreed upon, with no involvement of the Get issue until everything else is over.
Anyone who has never been involved in a divorce has no clue as to the torture many men are put through.
there are two ways a woman can be freed from marriage one is by “get” the other is “misas habaal”
Today at 10:15 PM
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Policeman Says:
“ Sometimes the Get is the only leverage a man has.
This problem has gone on for such a long time with so many people. Perhaps rabbis need to rethink the approach. Maybe a Get should not be considered until all the financial and custody issues are agreed upon, with no involvement of the Get issue until everything else is over. ”
Why does either side need ‘leverage’?
They should both want to know what the bais din decides and follow it.
Leverage is appropriate in an adverserial system of justice (such as our secular courts) only. In a bais din there should be no winner or loser unless one of the parties refuses to follow the psak din.
Then he or she is a REAL LOSER!
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its quite apparent from your commwent that you never dalt with a corupt bais din
OUR HOLY torah says *shoychad yeaver einey chachamim veesalef divrei tzaddilim.
If you have strong reason to believe shochad was a player then you are obligated to NOT listen and to publicize this corruptness
#29 and 30, there are many many cases of people not obeying the beis din.
Settle all the financial and custody issues, without any connection to the Get, and then do the Get, otherwise it is too tempting to use the Get to take advantage of the opponent. Those of us who have been through bitter divorces (and believe me, MOST divorces are bitter) know that emotion takes over everything. Sense and decency go out the window. The lawyers are the only winners.
This looks like wedding picture…how ironic is that???
If he refuses to give a Get it doesn’t matter if the Beis Din is wrong or right. HE refuses to give a Get. Bottom line is, he’s torturing his wife. Yes, women can be very vindictive, but he can’t remarry either: no Heter Meah Rabbonim for this loser!
Cut your losses, you men, give your wives a Get, let them go & get on with your lives. After a while you will find someone else & if you’re not free you suffer too. And most importantly, so do the kids you say you love. If you do love your kids do the right thing & earn their respect.
It doesn’t take too many brains to figure this out.
give the get and move on in life.
stop holding your wife hostage and must of all stop holding yourself hostage!
Start a new life.
wich beis din is this might be a shalla of get meisah too what is exactly hte story
How many here know of a story where the woman has falsely accused the man and had him put in jail. I bet more than we would like to admit. Some of these woman are vindictive and vicious and I’m sorry to say will stop at nothing.