Does a divorce take effect for something that has already passed, such as: "If you had a relationship with a young man before me, then you are divorced"?
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If it is established that the wife had a relationship with a young man before marriage (either by confession or evidence), then conditioning divorce on something that already occurred in the past is considered an immediate effectuation of divorce, and the divorce takes place at once.
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