Gittin 45b

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Topic

Holy scrolls bought from or written by a גוי or a מין, and the משנה on not remarrying a wife divorced for a שם רע or a נדר

Overview

The amud opens with the end of a משנה: we may not buy ספרים, תפילין and מזוזות from גוים for more than their value, because of תיקון העולם. רב בודיא suggests this proves that a ספר תורה found with a גוי may be read from, but רב אשי answers that we may buy it only to put it away. רב נחמן then gives a tradition sorting ספרי תורה written by, or found with, a מין or a גוי into ones that are burned, put away, or read from. The גמרא sees three ברייתות clash over a scroll written by a גוי. It explains that each follows a different תנא: רבי אליעזר, רב המנונא's ברייתא, and רבן שמעון בן גמליאל. It then shows that רבן שמעון בן גמליאל's case in צידן involved a גר who hid his Judaism out of fear. Next, a ברייתא allows paying up to an איסתירא above value, and a story about אביי shows the danger of offering too little. A new משנה follows: a man who divorces his wife because of a שם רע or a נדר may not remarry her, with views from רבי יהודה, רבי מאיר and רבי אלעזר, and a story from צידן. The גמרא begins with רב נחמן's condition that the husband must state his reason, and this discussion continues on the next amud.

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The steps (24)

1. StatementEnd of the משנה: for the betterment of the world
2. Proofרב בודיא infers that a ספר תורה found with a גוי may be read
3. Rejectionרב אשי: maybe we buy it only to put it away
4. Statementרב נחמן's tradition on ספרי תורה of a מין and a גוי
5. ChallengeThree ברייתות clash over a ספר תורה written by a גוי
6. ResolutionThe 'burn it' ברייתא follows רבי אליעזר
7. ResolutionThe 'put it away' ברייתא follows רב המנונא's ברייתא
8. ResolutionThe 'read from it' ברייתא follows רבן שמעון בן גמליאל
9. ChallengeDoes רבן שמעון בן גמליאל require the processing but not the writing to be for the מצוה?
10. ProofThe source that רבן שמעון בן גמליאל requires processing for the מצוה
11. ResolutionThe scribe in צידן was a גר who went back to his old ways
12. ChallengeSomeone who abandoned Judaism should be even worse
13. ResolutionHe went back only out of fear
14. StatementOne may pay slightly above value for holy items
15. QuestionWhat is a טרפעיק?
16. ResponseA טרפעיק is an איסתירא
17. Statementאביי offers too little and the תפילין are thrown away
18. Conclusionאביי regrets insulting the תפילין
19. StatementThe new משנה: no remarrying after divorce for a bad reputation or a vow
20. Statementרבי יהודה: it depends whether the public knew about the vow
21. Statementרבי מאיר: it depends whether the vow needs a חכם to cancel it
22. Statementרבי אלעזר: one case was forbidden only because of the other
23. StatementThe story in ציידן: the חכמים allowed him to take her back
24. Statementרב נחמן: the rule applies only when he said his reason out loud