if the woman claims she cannot live with her husband and have intimate relations with him because he is disgusting or loathsome to her, her claim is accepted without question and a divorce is immediately granted, although she loses the money of her ketubbah.
Jewish philosopher
Mishneh Torah, Ishut (Laws of Marriage) 14:8–9, 14. A controversial ruling on divorce.
c. 1177-1178
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