Gittin 25a

גיטין כ״ה ע״א

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Topic

Which flawed גיטין bar a woman from marrying a כהן, and the debate over ברירה (retroactive clarification), including whether it matters if the choice rests on oneself or on others.

Overview

The amud opens with the end of a ברייתא: a חליצה done by a minor, or done with a soft cloth shoe, is invalid and does not disqualify the woman. The גמרא then returns to the flawed גיטין of our משנה. זעירי and רב אסי say none of them bar the woman from marrying a כהן, except the last case, where the husband left open which wife the גט was for. רבי יוחנן says even that case does not bar her, because he does not accept ברירה. The same view shows up in his ruling that brothers who split an inheritance count as buyers. The גמרא explains why he needed to say both rulings. רב הושעיא then asks about a גט for whichever wife leaves the door first. רב יהודה answers from our משנה, and a challenge from a father's קרבן פסח is pushed aside, because there the race was only to make the children eager. Finally, אביי, רבא and רב משרשיא debate whether ברירה depends on whether the choice rests on oneself or on others. The proof from רבי יהודה continues on the next amud.

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The steps (17)

1. StatementA minor or a cloth shoe: the חליצה is invalid and does not disqualify
2. Statementזעירי: only the last case of the משנה disqualifies
3. Statementרב אסי agrees with זעירי
4. Statementרבי יוחנן: even the last case does not disqualify
5. Proofרבי יוחנן is consistent: brothers who split an inheritance are buyers
6. ResolutionWhy the divorce ruling alone would not be enough
7. ResolutionWhy the field ruling alone would not be enough
8. QuestionA גט for whichever wife leaves first
9. Responseרב יהודה answers from the משנה
10. ChallengeChallenge from the father's קרבן פסח
11. ResolutionThe פסח race was only to make the sons eager
12. ProofThe wording of the משנה shows the sons were registered from the start
13. ProofA ברייתא: the daughters were eager and the sons lazy
14. Challengeאביי: the question, answer and challenge do not match
15. Rejectionרבא says the self-versus-others distinction does not matter
16. Challengeרבי יהודה does distinguish between oneself and others
17. ProofProof that רבי יהודה rejects בְּרֵירָה for one's own choice: buying wine from כותים