Maimonides goes so far as to say that the get is still valid even if the court must force him with lashes until he says he is prepared to give the get.
Jewish philosopher
Mishneh Torah, Gerushin (Laws of Divorce) 2:20. Continuation of the controversial divorce ruling.
c. 1177-1178
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Controversial