BTW, I’m not Orthodox though my essay does deal w. Biblical, Talmudic & modern halachic precedents on the subject. Also, I wrote more about child abuse than spousal abuse since in my home only the kids were abused (emotionally & physically, but the latter less so).

I’m not sure whether what you wrote above indicates you left a comment at my blog or not. If you did I didn’t get notification of it & I’ll have to search to see if you did. I’ll surely reply there to it if you published one there.

Yours in solidarity in the fight against abuse.

It will interest you to know that the essay I prepared was submitted to MANY Jewish periodicals including magazines & newspapers & not a one thought it worthy of publication. Though I have to say that Rabbi Elliot Dorff, an ethicist at the Univ. of Judaism (Conservative) was very supportive of my efforts. He was the only member of the mainstream community though who thought well of my efforts.