Does a divorce occur if the husband says, "You are not my wife," but he does not intend divorce by it?
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The husband's statement to his wife: "You are not my wife, and I will never return to you" is among the ambiguous phrases (kinayat) of divorce, by which divorce does not occur unless the husband intends it. Since the husband did not intend divorce with this statement, divorce does not occur.
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