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A Mishna appears on this, the last daf in Massekhet Gittin, that deals with one of the most basic questions about divorce. According to Jewish law, what are considered reasonable grounds for divorce? The Mishna brings three opinions on this matter:
Beit Shammai rules that a man can divorce his wife only if he found a devar erva – a promiscuous situation.
Beit Hillel permits divorce even in a case where the wife hikdihah tavshilo (literally “burned his food”).
Rabbi Akiva says that he can divorce her for any reason – even if he found another woman who he finds more attractive.
Each of these three tanna’im points to a biblical passage as a source for their positions.
We end the masechta with a review of modern no fault divorce.