Gittin 34b

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Topic

תקנות of רבן גמליאל הזקן: names in a גט and a widow's vow to collect her כתובה

Overview

The amud opens by closing the previous discussion: the הלכה follows נחמני (אביי). A new משנה teaches that a גט was once written only with the names the couple used locally. רבן גמליאל הזקן enacted that it say 'and any name he has / she has,' for תיקון העולם. The גמרא explains that people overseas had asked him what to do when a man is called by different names in different places. רב אשי limits the rule to a man known to have two names, and a ברייתא about a man with two wives in יהודה and גליל proves him right. The חכמי נהרדעא add that the name a woman is mainly called must come first. The next משנה lists more תקנות: a widow collects her כתובה from orphans by making a vow instead of a שבועה, witnesses sign the גט, and הלל enacted the פרוזבול. The גמרא asks why the משנה mentions a widow specifically, and its answer continues on the next amud.

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The steps (15)

1. ConclusionThe הלכה follows נחמני
2. StatementThe משנה: רבן גמליאל adds 'any other name'
3. QuestionThe overseas communities ask about people with two names
4. Responseרבן גמליאל answers with his תקנה
5. Statementרב אשי limits the rule to someone known by two names
6. Proofרבי אבא: other Sages agree with רב אשי
7. ProofA ברייתא: a man with two wives and two names
8. StatementIf he moved elsewhere, one name is enough
9. ChallengeThe end of the ברייתא seems to contradict its beginning
10. ResolutionTwo different cases: known to have two names versus not known
11. StatementA woman mostly called מרים and sometimes שרה
12. StatementNew משנה: a widow collects her כתובה with a vow
13. StatementWitnesses sign the גט, and הלל's פרוזבול
14. ChallengeWhy mention a widow specifically?
15. ResolutionThe widow case was needed