As YWN reported, Afghanistans last Jew, Zebulon Simentov, who was evacuated from Afghanistan earlier this month, granted a get to his wife in New York on Erev Yom Kippur. Further details about the get were revealed earlier this week.
According to a Makor Rishon report, the get process was overseen by the Sydney Beis Din, headed by Senior Dayan Rav Yehoram Ulman. The proceedings were conducted via Zoom.
A screenshot published on Twitter by Makor Rishon journalist Zvika Klein on Twitter shows Rav Ulman (bottom left); Rav Mendy Chitrik, Chabad shaliach and Rav of the Ashkenazi Jewish community in Turkey and chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (top left); Israeli-American businessman Moti Kahana who arranged Simentov’s evacuation and convinced him to grant his wife a get (top right); and Simentov (bottom right).
ืืืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืืคืื ืืกืื ืืืืืื ืกืืื ืืื ืืขื ืืง ืื ืืืจืืฉืชื ืื ืืืจื ื-20 ืฉื ืื ืฉืืืืชื ืืื. ืืืช ืืืื ืฉื ืกืืื ื ืืจืืฉืืช ืืจื ืืืืื ื ืืืื ืืช ืืชืืืื ืืฉืืืฉื ืืืืช ืืืื. ื ืืื ืื ืืจื ืื ืื ืืืืจืืง ืืืืกืื ืืื ืืืืฉ ืืขืกืงืื ืืืื ืืื ื pic.twitter.com/rZcZoV534e
— Zvika Klein ืฆืืืงื ืงืืืื (@ZvikaKlein) September 26, 2021
Kahana also posted a screenshot of the Zoom call, with the signed document featured instead of Simentov. “Thank you to all the Rabbanim – from Australia to Turkey to New York. Mazal Tov and Shana Tova.”
ืคืขื ืจืืฉืื ื ืืืืกืืืจืื ืืืืืืืช ื ืืชื ืืณื ืืืื @Zoom
ืชืืื ืืืื ืืจืื ืื ืืืืกืืจืืื ืขื ืืืจืงืื ืื ืื ืืืจืง . ืืื ืืื ืืฉื ื ืืืื pic.twitter.com/zbs0bgp49h
— ืืื ื ืืืื๐ ๐บ๐ธ Moti Kahana (@motikahana) September 26, 2021
Simentov’s estranged wife and his two daughters live in Israel, where they have resided since 1998.

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(YWN Israel Desk Jerusalem)
