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The Halachic Prenup was made in the 1990s by Rabbi Willig from the Orthodox movement. It is a legal document that a couple can sign before they get married. (If they sign it after they get married, it’s called a Halachic Postnup.) Signing the Halachic Prenup is especially popular in the Modern Orthodox Jewish community. Some rabbis even require it before doing the wedding.

The Halachic Prenup says that if the couple gets divorced, they will go to the rabbinical court called the Beit Din of America and follow its rulings about a get (Jewish divorce). It also says that if the couple separates, the husband must pay his wife a set amount of money each day until he gives her the get. This creates a financial reason for the husband to give the get quickly. If one spouse doesn’t follow the Halachic Prenup, the civil court might make him/her follow it since it is a binding legal agreement.¹

 To learn more, you can visit theprenup.org and the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA).

¹ See The Prenup website