Meaning of agunah | Babel Free

Definitions

A Jewish woman who is trapped in a marriage from which she cannot escape, either because her husband has disappeared or because he will not grant her a gett.

Examples

“A woman may become⟳ an agunah either through her husband's accidental disappearance or through his willful desertion, although accidental disappearance constitutes the main source of difficulty.”

“Widows, among them agunos, chose the Holy City as a way of expressing their eternal love⟳ for God.”

“The problem of the agunah, the woman (or man) who is chained to a marriage and unable to free herself from this marriage, is not a new one.”

“Our Master could see⟳ the agony of his little relative who was not yet fifteen and was already an agunah. He put⟳ aside all his civic affairs and obligations and even his regular lectures on Maimonides and Alfasi and began to look⟳ into the matter⟳ of freeing this agunah.”

CEFR level