 An enactment called "Herem de-Rabbenu Gershom" (the proscription of Gershom ben Judah, accepted universally throughout European Jewish communities), prohibited a husband from divorcing his wife against her will.In "halakha" (Jewish law), divorce is an act of the parties to the marriage, which is different from the approach adopted by many other legal systems.That is, a Jewish divorce does not require a decree from a court.