Refusing to Bury Family Members of a Get Refuser: A Dramatic Step With Longstanding Halakhic Support

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli Chief Rabbi David Lau ordered a burial society to deny burial to the mother of a get refuser, sparking a debate on the halakhic justification for involving a third party in such disputes. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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