Essential information, useful checklists, and practical guidance from rabbis, attorneys, and mental health professionals

Book: Talking Divorce: A Torah-based guide for navigating and surviving difficult relationship decisions

Author: Rabbi Zalman Goldstein

Publisher: Distributed by Feldheim

The book in two lines

Talking Divorce is a down-to-earth guide with essential information, useful checklists, and practical guidance from rabbis, attorneys, and mental health professionals for navigating relationship breakdowns, reconciliation considerations, divorce, and life post-divorce.

It clears up many misconceptions, illuminates relevant halachic and civil processes, and arms readers with the knowledge needed to make sound decisions at every crossroad.

The author in three lines

Rabbi Zalman Goldstein has written on Jewish topics for more than 30 years.

Some works include The Shabbat Table Companion, The Jewish Wedding Companion,

Going Kosher In 30 Days!, The Rabbi’s Companion,

Jewish Living Simply Explained, and The Kotel Siddur.

This book was sparked by

Having recently worked on two volumes of Rabbi Shais Taub’s answers to real-life questions,

I saw questions regarding shalom bayis, divorce, and remarriage were the most frequently asked and often the most heart-wrenching.

Being divorced myself, many of the issues resonated,

and I longed to write a comprehensive yet approachable book to serve as a Torah-based resource for for couples.

When I was approached early last year by Rabbi Taub and Kalman Wolchok to research and write just such a book,

I took it as a sign from Above that the time had come.

This book is for

Anyone experiencing a marital crisis, including those entertaining thoughts of divorce, those getting divorced, and those post-divorce dealing with emotional recovery, co-parenting issues, remarriage, etc.

I also hope family and friends of that audience read it too, and come away with a deeper understanding of the decisions and processes involved.

This will help them offer nonjudgmental support to those going through these struggles.