Positive Commandment 222 (Digest)
Divorce
"And he shall write her a bill of divorce and place it in her hand"—Deuteronomy 24:1.
In the event that a couple decides to divorce, it is a mitzvah for the husband to effectuate the divorce through a bill of divorce, known as a get.
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> The 222nd mitzvah is that when we wish to divorce, we are commanded to do so only with a written document [i.e., a get].
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> The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement;) (exalted be He), [that when a man wants to divorce his wife,] "he shall write her a bill of divorce and place it in her hand."
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> The details of this mitzvah, i.e., all the laws of divorce, are found in the tractate devoted to this subject, tractate Gittin.
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> Footnotes
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> Deut. 24:1.