Not Yoshe Kalb: Meet Yentele Rosenfeld, Modern Rabbinic History’s Most Famous Agunah

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The dramatic story that sent shockwaves throughout Eastern Europe: the son of the Shedlovtze Rebbe disappears months after his marriage, only to resurface 16 years later, as Yoshe Kalb, the simple smith's apprentice. Learn how Rabbanim fought to free Yente Rosenfeld from the chains of her marriage, and what she did with her freedom.

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