Agunot (chained wives)
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Agunot (chained wives) are Jewish women who remain religiously married because their husbands refuse or are unable to grant them a get (Jewish bill of divorce), leaving them unable to remarry under Jewish law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agunot (chained wives) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2819587 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Agunot (chained wives) Context triple: [Even Ha’ezer, focusesOn, Agunot (chained wives)]
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A.
Seder Nashim
Seder Nashim is the order of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with laws of marriage, divorce, and related family matters in Jewish law.
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B.
Good Wives
Good Wives is the 1869 sequel to Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women, continuing the story of the March sisters into adulthood, marriage, and early married life.
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C.
The Provoked Wife
The Provoked Wife is a late 17th-century Restoration comedy play by John Vanbrugh, known for its sharp wit and exploration of marriage and female agency.
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D.
Okusha Hohaisho
Okusha Hohaisho is an inner worship hall at Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine complex, serving as a key site for venerating the Inari deity.
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E.
"A Wife's Disabilities"
"A Wife's Disabilities" is an 1890 essay by Emily Warren Roebling that critiques the legal and social limitations imposed on married women in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Agunot (chained wives) Target entity description: Agunot (chained wives) are Jewish women who remain religiously married because their husbands refuse or are unable to grant them a get (Jewish bill of divorce), leaving them unable to remarry under Jewish law.
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A.
Seder Nashim
Seder Nashim is the order of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with laws of marriage, divorce, and related family matters in Jewish law.
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B.
Good Wives
Good Wives is the 1869 sequel to Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women, continuing the story of the March sisters into adulthood, marriage, and early married life.
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C.
The Provoked Wife
The Provoked Wife is a late 17th-century Restoration comedy play by John Vanbrugh, known for its sharp wit and exploration of marriage and female agency.
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D.
Okusha Hohaisho
Okusha Hohaisho is an inner worship hall at Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine complex, serving as a key site for venerating the Inari deity.
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E.
"A Wife's Disabilities"
"A Wife's Disabilities" is an 1890 essay by Emily Warren Roebling that critiques the legal and social limitations imposed on married women in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
halakhic status
ⓘ
social issue in Judaism ⓘ women in Judaism ⓘ |
| addressedBy |
Jewish feminist movement
ⓘ
surface form:
JewishFeministOrganizations
OrthodoxJewishOrganizations ⓘ Rabbinic courts ⓘ
surface form:
batei din (rabbinical courts)
legalAdvocacyGroups ⓘ |
| affectedBy | interpretationOfHalakhicStandardsForGet ⓘ |
| associatedWithTerm | mesorevet get (woman denied a get) ⓘ |
| cause |
husbandIncapacitated
ⓘ
husbandMissing ⓘ husbandRefusesToGiveGet ⓘ husbandUnableToGiveGet ⓘ husbandUnreachable ⓘ |
| civilMaritalStatus | mayBeDivorcedCivilly ⓘ |
| consequence |
cannotRemarryUnderJewishLaw
ⓘ
economicHardship ⓘ psychologicalDistress ⓘ riskOfChildrenBeingClassifiedAsMamzerimIfTheyRemarryWithoutGet ⓘ socialStigmaInSomeCommunities ⓘ |
| definedBy | absenceOfValidGet ⓘ |
| describedAs | chained wives ⓘ |
| discussedIn |
Responsa
ⓘ
surface form:
ResponsaLiterature
|
| ethicalIssue |
genderInequality
ⓘ
maritalCoercion ⓘ religiousFreedomWithinMarriage ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasHebrewName | עגונות ⓘ |
| hasSingularForm | Agunah ⓘ |
| hasSingularHebrewForm | עגונה ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Talmud
ⓘ
surface form:
TalmudicLaw
|
| jurisdiction | primarilyOrthodoxCommunities ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalContext |
Halakha
ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish law
|
| lessRelevantIn |
Reform Judaism
ⓘ
surface form:
LiberalJewishMovements
Reform Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
ReformJudaism
|
| maritalStatusUnderHalakha | married ⓘ |
| modernResponse |
civilLegislationInSomeCountries
ⓘ
communitySanctionsOnRecalcitrantHusbands ⓘ halakhicPrenuptialAgreements ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
get (Jewish bill of divorce)
ⓘ
surface form:
Get (Jewish bill of divorce)
|
| religiousContext | Judaism ⓘ |
| requiresForResolution |
deliveryOfValidGet
ⓘ
rabbinicIntervention ⓘ |
| timePeriod | phenomenonContinuingIntoContemporaryTimes ⓘ |
| topicOf |
Jewish feminist movement
ⓘ
surface form:
JewishFeministScholarship
humanRightsDiscussion ⓘ rabbinicDebate ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Agunot (chained wives) Description of subject: Agunot (chained wives) are Jewish women who remain religiously married because their husbands refuse or are unable to grant them a get (Jewish bill of divorce), leaving them unable to remarry under Jewish law.
Referenced by (1)
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