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The GET proceedings may roughly be broken down into the following nine steps:
(1) The parties appear before a rabbi learned in the laws of divorce, a scribe, and two witnesses;
(2) The husband requests that the scribe write the GET for his wife, which the scribe then proceeds to do using a special quill pen;
(3) The husband declares that he is giving the GET of his own free will, and a similar declaration is made by the wife concerning its receipt;
(4) At this point, the GET is then signed by the two witnesses;
(5) The parties are again questioned as to whether they are giving and accepting the GET voluntarily.
(6) the husband takes the GET and drops it directly into his wife's cupped hands, stating: "This is your GET and accept this as your GET, you shall therewith be divorced from me, you are untied free and permitted to any man";
(7) She then places the GET under her arm and symbolically leaves by turning and moving several steps away;
(8) the divorcée then returns and the GET is taken from her by the officiating rabbi who tears the GET crosswise; and
(9) finally, the divorced woman is given a Divorce Certificate to prove her divorced status, and the process is over.
From the Jewish religious standpoint, once a husband issues his wife a GET, it completely severs his marital relationship, even if they are not civilly divorced. This is a rather simple process.
Regardless of one's personal convictions or practices, or one's affiliation, obtaining a GET is important. This simple procedure does more than just assure the couple that they will be free to remarry should they so desire. It also prevents a tragic problem; a child born to a Jewish woman whose previous marriage did not terminate with a GET may be considered illegitimate. Any Jew, whether observant or nonobservant, needs to share in the concern for Jewish unity and in providing their children with a clean slate for the future.
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