It has been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
Moses commanded that if a man hated his wife, he should be separated from her lest anything worse occur." For if he hated her, he might kill her. Moses also commanded that the husband give the divorced woman a writing of divorcement. By this writing she could no longer return to him, thus preventing the confusion that would result if she did so and he was now living with another woman.
