»Moses,« they said, »permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away.«
But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her privately from the betrothal.
»Why then,« said they, »did Moses command the husband to give her `a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?«
»What rule did Moses lay down for you?« He answered.