The Shammaite position was summarized in rabbinic literature in two very similar forms:
“A man should not divorce his wife except he has found in her indecency. (Sifre Deut. 269; y. Sota 1.2 [16b])
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Author: David Instone-Brewer
Keywords: Marriage, Divorce, Bill of divorcement, Certificate of divorce, Certificate of divorcement, Bill of divorce, any cause, Every cause, Divorce for any cause, Divorce of every cause, Rabbinic debate, Commits adultery, Continues to commit adultery, Remarriage, Divorcement, Exception clause, Except for fornication, Except for adultery, Matter of indecency, Any matter, Shammaite, Shammai
Bible reference(s): Deuteronomy 24:1-3, Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 12:39, Matthew 19:3-9, Mark 8:12, Mark 10:2, Mark 10:4, Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18, Romans 7:1-3
Source: Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: The Social and Literary Context (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002), pp. 185-6.
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