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You clearly have an agenda here, and you are invested in it at the emotional level. The fact that you are propagating mostly fictional ideas is not in your favor. Youy only want to portray batei din as extortionists. I have been working with many rabbonim and batei din for many years. There is much to be said for the shortcomings of our “system”. But it does not come anywhere close to the sensational gibberish you are trying to sell here.

I have encountered two “batei din” that are standing ones (as opposed to zabl”a arrangements) that are a disgrace to Klal Yisroel. One has actually engaged in the type of extortion you describe, and it does this as a policy. Men who are struggling to get agreements from their wives, either wanting more than is due or finding the women overly demanding, know to go there for their get. Many other rabbonim and batei din refuse to recognize this beis din in any matters of ishus. The other regularly paskens without any input from one side (baal din), and are thus flagrantly in violation of the basics of halacha.

Yes, there is corruption. Yes, there are dishonest and evil rabbonim. You are correct – our system is flawed. But your steady stream of accusations, generalizing to the entire system, claiming that every beis din engages in extortion is not funny or even true. Please take your baseless dissatisfaction with Torah and Yiddishkeit elsewhere. It is offending to keep reading this stuff on this website. You should be ashamhed of yourself.

Instead of spending your time writing your false accusations, you could invest some time in trying to repair and improve what we have. Try it. You’ll be surprised that progress is possible. I, for one, resent the kefira in your comments, lumping all talmidei chachomim into your perceptions of evil. Our rabbonim are all we have. Work with them, not against them.