“When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.”
Suppose a man enters into marriage with a woman, but she does not please him because he finds something objectionable about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house — the 'something objectionable' (ervat davar) is deliberately vague, sparking later rabbinic debate (Shammai vs. Hillel schools). The written certificate protects the woman's legal status and allows her remarriage.
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