Couple, 14 and 17, divorce in Israel

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The Jerusalem Rabbinic Court has granted a divorce to the youngest couple to ever apply in Israel, a 14-year-old girl and her 17-year-old husband.

A spokeswoman for the Rabbinic Courts Administration said the groom's parents insisted on the divorce after they discovered that he and his young wife had married under Jewish law by exchanging vows in front of two witnesses, giving one another rings and consummating the relationship, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday.

We want young people to learn from this case, the spokeswoman said. Getting married like this can ruin a young person's life.

Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Dahan, director of the Rabbinic Court Administration, said young people should take the lesson from the divorce that marriage is not a joke but a serious commitment that should not be taken lightly.