A Summary of Jewish Divorce Law

He who desires to be divorced from his wife who lives with him, due to any possible cause—and many such causes occur among men—let him confirm in writing that he will never live together with her, for in this way she would secure the right to live intimately with another man, which previously she was not permitted to do. But if she should be mistreated by that man, or when he dies, if the former husband should desire to marry her again, she is prohibited from returning.

Translated by William Whiston, adapted by Aaron Samuels.