Tears of the Oppressed: An Examination of the Agunah Problem: Background and Halakhic Sources Book

	Introduction	v
	Foreword	vii
	Acknowledgments	xv
Chapter 1	Background	1
Chapter 2	A Word of Caution	4
Chapter 3	Attitudes of Compassion and Leniency	6
Chapter 4	Relaxation of the Laws of Evidence Concerning Agunot: Example of a Methodology Favoring Leniency	17
Chapter 5	The Uniqueness of the Problem in Our Day	20
Chapter 6	The Basic Sources for Kiddushei Ta'ut	23
Chapter 7	The Rishonim and the Codes: Stringent and Lenient Approaches	34
Chapter 8	The Responsa Literature	45
Chapter 9	General Principles to be Derived from the Precedents	93
Chapter 10	Conclusion	98
	Afterword	103
	Glossary	105
	Appendix (Responsa of Chapter 8)	108
	Index Following Appendix	159