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There have been therapists whose offhanded response to a marital problem is to dismiss the option of reconciliation with not as much as a wave of the hand. These are very exceptional. The many therapists I know would never consider that, and do not actually recommend or push divorce. You might claim they are do not push against it, but to say they advocate it is untrue.
Next, the Torah says ערות דבר, and there is discussion among Tano’im what this means. There is no specification in Chumash, and Poskim are also not universal on what they say are grounds. That’s all I stated with that.
Joseph:
I am not complimentary to our heilige yeshivos. I see firsthand what they are doing, and there is more than a lot to be desired. It seems your “on the derech” is determined by the camera. Internally, the bulk of the graduates of the heilige yeshivos are far weaker than they would have been a few generations ago. And, no, it’s not because of the internet. The Chareidi is doing a great job if we look at the pictures. But, רחמנא ליבא בעי, and here we have failed to fulfill our mandate. When we show this objectively to the chinuch world, they dismiss this by claiming that the responsibility to imbue the children with a “brenn” for Yiddishkeit belongs to the parents. Sorry, but punting that is not okay. Sure, parents must do more. But during the yeshiva day, the hanhalah are the loco parentis, not the boot camp guards or instructors.
Now, when they fail to move in to at least partially compensate for the missing parent in the child’s life, they are derelict in their duty.