Gittin 65b

גיטין ס״ה ע״ב

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Topic

Agents who change their instructions (גט and עירוב), which words from a husband order a גט, and a man in danger who says only 'write'

Overview

The amud opens by finishing an earlier case: the גט works only once the agent reaches מתא מחסיא. The גמרא then asks why רבי אלעזר needs to forbid a woman to eat תרומה right away when she only told her agent where to receive her גט. It answers that he teaches this even where the agent walked the wrong way, because he might have met the husband by chance. Next come two ברייתות that disagree about an agent who made an עירוב with a different fruit than he was told. רבה says they follow רבנן and רבי אלעזר. רב יוסף says both follow רבנן, and the ruling depends on whose fruit it was. He defends this against אביי's tower and dovecote case. A new משנה then lists which words from a husband clearly order a גט and which mean nothing, with רבי נתן and רבא explaining פַּטְּרוּהָ versus פִּיטְרוּהָ. Finally, a משנה teaches that a man in danger who says only 'write a גט' means 'write and give.' The גמרא begins the story of גניבא, which continues on the next amud.

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The steps (18)

1. ConclusionThe divorce only works once the agent reaches מתא מחסיא
2. ChallengeWhy does רבי אלעזר need to say this? It seems obvious
3. ResolutionEven if the agent walked the wrong way, he might have met the husband
4. ChallengeTwo ברייתות disagree about an agent who made an עירוב with the wrong fruit
5. Resolutionרבה: the two ברייתות follow two different opinions
6. Resolutionרב יוסף: both follow רבנן, but whose fruit was it?
7. Challengeאביי asks about the tower and the dovecote
8. ResolutionThere too, it is about whose fruit to use
9. StatementPhrases that clearly mean divorce
10. StatementPhrases that are too unclear to count
11. StatementA ברייתא adds more divorce phrases
12. Statementרבי נתן: one pronunciation works, the other does not
13. Resolutionרבא: the difference comes from how people spoke
14. QuestionSix more phrases: do they count?
15. ResponseOne phrase is resolved: 'Treat her according to the custom' means nothing
16. StatementNew משנה: a man led out to execution who only says 'write'
17. Statementרבי שמעון שזורי adds one who is dangerously ill
18. StatementThe story of גניבא led out to execution