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Gittin 67b

גיטין ס״ז ע״ב

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Topic

Telling a group to write or deliver a גט, the start of the chapter on a husband seized by קורדייקוס, and the remedies and stories that follow.

Overview

This amud starts by closing an earlier argument, noting that some switch the opinions of רבה and רב יוסף. Then a ברייתא explains what happens when a husband tells ten people to write or deliver a גט. A plain instruction lets one person act for all, but 'all of you' means everyone must be present. רב הונא and רבי יוחנן seem to argue about a husband who lists the people by name, and רב פפא explains that they are talking about different cases. רב יהודה offers a safe formula for speaking to a group, and רבא improves it by dropping 'all of you' completely. After the הדרן, a new chapter opens with a משנה about a husband seized by קורדייקוס and a mute husband who nods. The גמרא explains that קורדייקוס is confusion from new wine, named after a רוח. This leads into a list of remedies for fever and chills, and the story of how רב עמרם חסידא outsmarted the ריש גלותא's household. The amud ends with רב ששת proving that the ריש גלותא's servants are careless about אבר מן החי, and the story continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

וְאִיכָּא דְּאָפֵיךְ לְהוּ.

And there are those who reverse them.

אָמַר לַעֲשָׂרָה: ״כִּתְבוּ גֵּט״.

If he said to ten: 'Write a get.'

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן,

The Rabbis taught:

אָמַר לַעֲשָׂרָה: ״כִּתְבוּ גֵּט, וּתְנוּ לְאִשְׁתִּי״ –

If one said to ten: 'Write a get and give it to my wife' –

The steps (38)

  1. ConclusionSome people switch the two opinions
  2. StatementA ברייתא on telling ten people to write or deliver a גט
  3. QuestionWhat if he listed them by name?
  4. Responseרב הונא: naming them is not like 'all of you'
  5. Responseרבי יוחנן: naming them is like 'all of you'
  6. Resolutionרב פפא: they are talking about different cases
  7. Statementרב יהודה's safe formula for instructing a group
  8. Challengeרבא's worry that the husband will cut the formula short
  9. Resolutionרבא's simpler formula without 'all of you'
  10. ConclusionHadran — Closing the chapter הָאוֹמֵר
  11. StatementNew chapter: a husband seized by confusion
  12. StatementA mute husband who orders a divorce by nodding
  13. QuestionWhat is קורדייקוס?
  14. Responseשמואל: confusion caused by new wine
  15. ChallengeWhy not just say 'new wine'?
  16. ResolutionThe name teaches us the spirit's name
  17. QuestionWhy does the name matter?
  18. ResponseFor writing a קמיע
  19. QuestionWhat is the cure?
  20. ResponseRoasted red meat and diluted wine
  21. Statementאביי's remedies for a fever by how many days old it is
  22. StatementThe black hen remedy for a chronic fever
  23. StatementThe water stage of the chronic fever cure
  24. StatementA backup cure using leeks
  25. StatementFever and chills need opposite foods
  26. Statementרב עמרם is made to lie on the snow
  27. Statementרב עמרם's reverse request gets him the right cure
  28. Statementילתא treats רב עמרם in the bathhouse
  29. StatementHard work keeps you warm
  30. QuestionThe ריש גלותא asks why רב ששת will not eat with him
  31. ResponseThe servants are suspected about אבר מן החי
  32. ChallengeThe ריש גלותא doubts the claim
  33. Proofרב ששת sets up a test
  34. ProofOnly three legs reach the table
  35. ProofFive legs: the proof is complete
  36. StatementThe ריש גלותא proposes supervised food, and רב ששת agrees
  37. StatementA dangerous piece of meat is served, and רב ששת quietly sets it aside
  38. StatementAfter the meal, the servants speak to the ריש גלותא