Gittin 72b

גיטין ע״ב ע״ב

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Topic

רב הונא on a גט with a spoken condition according to רבי יוסי, and his rule that a sick man's גט, like his gift, is cancelled if he recovers.

Overview

The amud opens with רב הונא's doubt about a husband who adds a spoken condition to his גט. At first the גמרא says he was unsure whether רבי יוסי's rule, that the date on a document proves when it takes effect, applies in that case. A ברייתא about 'our Rabbis' shows that רבי יוסי does apply it. So the doubt is restated: does the הלכה follow רבי יוסי here? A ruling of רבא seems to settle this. The גמרא answers either that רבא was sure while רב הונא was not, or that רבא follows the רבנן and is only teaching how certain phrases are read. A second version puts רב הונא's statement on the 'after my death' case: according to רבי יוסי she must do חליצה, because רבי יוסי and רבי each hold their own view. Then the גמרא turns to a new line of the משנה, about a sick man's גט. רב הונא teaches that a sick man's גט works like his deathbed gift, so a real recovery cancels it. When the משנה seems to contradict this, the גמרא explains that the משנה's man never truly recovered and only walked leaning on his cane.

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The steps (24)

1. StatementStating רב הונא's doubt about רבי יוסי
2. ChallengeChallenge from the case of 'if I have not come back in twelve months'
3. Proof'Our Rabbis' follow רבי יוסי
4. Resolutionרב הונא's doubt is about the הלכה
5. ChallengeHow can רב הונא be unsure? רבא already ruled on this
6. QuestionWhat case is רבא talking about? Not one where he said 'from today'
7. ProofSo רבא must hold the הלכה follows רבי יוסי
8. ResolutionClear to רבא, uncertain to רב הונא
9. ResolutionOr: רבא follows the רבנן and is teaching how to read the wording
10. StatementAnother version: רב הונא on the 'after my death' case
11. ChallengeIsn't this obvious?
12. ResolutionWe might have thought רבי יוסי agrees with רבי
13. ProofEach one's 'like this' excludes the other
14. ProofThe source for רבי's view
15. ProofThe source for רבי יוסי's view
16. StatementNew line of the משנה: a גט given 'if I die from this illness'
17. Statementרב הונא: a sick man's גט works like his gift
18. StatementA sick man's gift works without a formal act of acquiring, just like his גט
19. ChallengeChallenge from the משנה: why assess how he died if getting up cancels the גט?
20. ResolutionAnswer: he passed straight from one illness into another
21. ChallengeBut the משנה says 'he got up'
22. ResolutionHe got up from this illness but fell into another
23. ChallengeBut the משנה says 'he walked in the market'
24. ResolutionHe walked leaning on his cane