Gittin 46b

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Topic

Remarrying a divorced wife after a vow or after divorcing her as an אילונית, and the rule against redeeming a man who sells himself to גוים.

Overview

The amud finishes explaining the משנה about a husband who vowed 'קונם if I do not divorce you.' רב הונא explains that he forbade all food in the world on himself unless he divorced her. The גמרא explains why the משנה needs to say he may remarry her, using רבי נתן's harsh view of vows. רב ששת and רבינא then argue over where the phrase מפני תיקון העולם belongs. Next comes a new משנה: may a man remarry a wife he divorced as an אילונית? רבי יהודה says no and the חכמים say yes. The גמרא points out that this seems to reverse their opinions from the earlier vow משנה. שמואל swaps the names, אביי explains רבי יהודה's vow ruling with special reasons, and רבא adds that the חכמים here are רבי מאיר, who needs a תנאי כפול. A third משנה rules that a man who sells himself to גוים is not redeemed. רב אסי limits this to someone who sold himself three times, and stories about רב הונא and רבי אמי test the rule, with the second story continuing on the next amud.

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The steps (24)

1. QuestionWhat does 'קונם' mean in this case?
2. Responseרב הונא: He forbade all the produce in the world on himself
3. ChallengeWhy say he may remarry her? That is obvious
4. ResolutionWe might have penalized him because of רבי נתן's view of vows
5. ChallengeHow does letting him remarry her improve the world?
6. Resolutionרב ששת: The phrase goes back to the first part of the משנה
7. Resolutionרבינא: The phrase means 'there is no תיקון העולם concern here'
8. StatementDivorcing a wife believed to be an אילונית
9. StatementShe has children with another man and claims her כתובה
10. ChallengeThe opinions seem reversed from the earlier משנה
11. ProofProof from the bad-name and vow משנה
12. Resolutionשמואל: Reverse the opinions
13. ChallengeThe end of the משנה shows רבי יהודה worrying about harm
14. ResolutionReverse the end of the משנה too
15. Resolutionאביי: Don't reverse; רבי יהודה's vow ruling has special reasons
16. Challengeרבא: What about the contradiction in the חכמים?
17. Resolutionרבא's own answer: the Sages here are רבי מאיר, who needs a doubled condition
18. StatementNew משנה: one who sells himself and his children to gentiles
19. Statementרב אסי: only when he sold himself three times
20. StatementStory: the residents of בי מיכסי seized by gentile lenders
21. Proofרב הונא cites the משנה: he cannot help them
22. Challengeרבי אבא objects: the rule applies only after three sales
23. Resolutionרב הונא answers: these men do this all the time
24. StatementA man who sold himself to gladiators comes before רבי אמי