Hence, the traditional Jewish marriage is characterized by peace, nurturing, respect, and chesed (roughly meaning kindness, more accurately loving-kindness), through which a married couple becomes complete.
It is believed that God's presence dwells in a pure and loving home[5] In Jewish culture, a marriage is described as a "match made in heaven," and is treated as a holy enterprise.
Moreover, this sanctity of the marital union reminds the Jewish husband and wife to express their holiness through marriage and to build a home based on mutual love, respect, and chesed.
[12] In Jewish thought and law, domestic harmony is an important goal; to this end, an early midrash argues that a wife should not leave the home too frequently.
[14] Due to its attribution to divinity in orthodox communities, shalom bayit has been linked with traditional concepts of gets and agunot as contributing to a system of marriage and divorce which fosters a cycle of domestic abuse.
[15] Shalom bayit is attributed to being a barrier for the escape of a battered woman,[16] for fear of the shame brought to those denied a get and claims by the abuser that asking for a get is a disruption to marital peace, thus violating a divine blessing.