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How should I act if I want to save my marriage, yet my husband has filed for divorce at the rabbinical court?

You should file a formal 'Shom Bayit' (marital reconciliation)plea at the rabbinical court, and also file a written defence to your husband's plea and try to prove that he has no grounds to end your marriage under Jewish law. Unless your husband can prove one of the required grounds under Jewish law, the rabbinical court can throw out his divorce plea, unless you consent to divorce.

A plea for 'Shlom Bayit' is actually toothless, even if successful - the idea is that an appeal is made to the moral authority of the rabbinical court, to put pressure on the husband to return home or work on the marriage, but even if a ''Shlom Bayit' ruling is made in your favour, it cannot be enforced. One of the aims of filing for 'Shlom Bayit' is that it buys time to mend the marriage.