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NY Magazine Article On Sieger Divorce

This week's New York Magazine has a long feature about the Sieger divorce, from the perspective of Mrs. Chayie Sieger.

I don't know much about the case, so won't render an opinion about who's in the right. Suffice to say that the tapes Mrs. Sieger has appear to place her husband in a negative light, and that anyone who marries a second time via a heter meah rabbanim (decree of 100 rabbis, allowing a second religious marriage for a man whose wife refuses to accept a divorce) is suspect, as are rabbis who sign a heter. While there may be a place for a heter, it's legitimate only in very limited circumstances.

Still, it's hard to be sympathetic toward Mrs. Sieger when she complains that her children barely speak with her. Who would be happy with their mother after she gives a tell-all interview for a tabloid style magazine feature about her divorce? And given that her children are Bobov chasidim, stating that "Bobov is a cult and my children need to be deprogrammed,” would not appear to be a way to win their support.
posted on 7/23/2003