Gittin 76a

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Topic

Conditions on a גט: תנאי כפול, changing conditions, and the משנה of 'if I do not return within thirty days'

Overview

This amud first closes the earlier debate between רבא and רב אשי. רבא explains both clauses of the משנה, but רב אשי is left with a קשיא. A ברייתא then brings a dispute about conditions: רבי מאיר says a condition counts only if it is stated both ways (תנאי כפול), while the חכמים say a simple 'on condition that' is enough. רבן שמעון בן גמליאל notes that every condition in the Torah is doubled, and the גמרא gives two versions of whom he was arguing against. A second ברייתא seems to flip both sides. The גמרא resolves it: רבי מאיר's case had a doubled condition, and the 'חכמים' there are really רבן שמעון בן גמליאל, who says a block not caused by the woman does not stop the גט. Another ברייתא teaches that a second, different condition gives her a choice, while a higher money demand cancels the first, and witnesses from different pairs cannot be joined. A new משנה then deals with 'if I do not come back within thirty days' and a husband who reaches a border town and returns. The גמרא begins asking whether אנטיפרס is in the גליל, citing a ברייתא that continues on the next amud.

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The steps (25)

1. Challengeרבא's view fits both clauses of the משנה
2. Challengeרב אשי cannot explain the difference between the clauses
3. Statementרבי מאיר: a condition not stated both ways is void
4. StatementThe Sages: the condition counts even without double wording
5. Statementרבן שמעון בן גמליאל: every Torah condition is doubled
6. StatementTwo versions of whom רבן שמעון בן גמליאל was answering
7. StatementVersion one: he is answering רבי מאיר
8. StatementVersion two: he is answering the רבנן
9. ChallengeA ברייתא where רבי מאיר says the גט is invalid
10. ChallengeThe חכמים in the ברייתא say the גט is valid
11. ChallengeEach side seems to contradict itself
12. Resolutionרבי מאיר: one case was doubled, the other was not
13. ResolutionThe חכמים here are really רבן שמעון בן גמליאל
14. StatementTwo different conditions: she may fulfill either one
15. StatementA second, bigger money demand cancels the first
16. QuestionWhich case is the 'do not join' line about?
17. ResponseIt belongs to the first case
18. ChallengeBut that is obvious
19. ResolutionOne might have thought all condition witnesses join
20. StatementNew משנה: 'If I don't come back in thirty days,' and he returns early
21. StatementTraveling from the גליל to יהודה and turning back at כפר עותנאי
22. StatementTraveling overseas and turning back at עכו
23. StatementAny thirty days away: visits without being alone do not break it
24. ChallengeWas אנטיפרס in the גליל?
25. ChallengeA ברייתא says אנטיפרס is in יהודה