Overview
- During a visit to Argentina, local rabbis urgently alerted Rabbi Yosef to a long-stalled case of get refusal.
- He canceled a scheduled state engagement and traveled to the husband’s location to address the dispute.
- Hours of direct persuasion led the husband to agree, prompting aides to clear the rest of the day’s commitments.
- The next day a qualified sofer gittin wrote and delivered the religious divorce in accordance with halacha, releasing the woman.
- Rabbi Yosef later met the husband to offer guidance and noted that his approach includes visits to prisons or court hearings when needed.