Gittin 79b

גיטין ע״ט ע״ב

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Topic

Where a thrown גט takes effect (roofs, courtyards, baskets), using a גט ישן, and the penalties for a wrongly dated גט

Overview

This amud opens by finishing a list of points about roofs. On שבת, שמואל says each roof is its own separate area. For a גט, though, a neighboring roof of the husband still works, because a husband does not mind her using it. אביי then rules on a case where her courtyard sits inside his, and his walls are taller than hers. In that case a thrown גט counts as hers once it drops below his walls. Baskets work differently: the גט must actually land in her basket, and this works only if his outer basket has no bottom. A new משנה follows. בית שמאי and בית הלל argue about a גט ישן, and the גמרא explains that the argument is about a גזרה that people might think her divorce came before her son. Another משנה lists improper ways to date or place a גט. If she remarried using such a גט, she must leave both husbands, loses her money rights, and faces other penalties as well.

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The steps (23)

1. Statementשמואל's rule: each roof is a separate area
2. ConclusionThat rule is only for שבת, not for a גט
3. Statementאביי's case of an inner courtyard inside an outer one
4. QuestionAsking for the reason
5. ResponseThe outer walls protect the inner courtyard too
6. StatementBaskets work differently from courtyards
7. QuestionWhy is the basket case different?
8. ResponseThe גט has not landed yet
9. ChallengeEven landing should not help
10. ResolutionThe outer basket has no bottom
11. StatementThe משנה: Divorcing with an old גט
12. QuestionWhat is the root of their dispute?
13. ResponseThe dispute is about a protective decree
14. StatementIf she already remarried, she stays married
15. StatementA second version: she may remarry even from the start
16. StatementNew משנה: a גט dated in an improper way
17. StatementWrong place written, and she must leave both husbands
18. StatementShe loses her money rights from both husbands
19. StatementShe must return whatever she took
20. StatementA child from either husband is a ממזר
21. StatementNeither husband may become impure for her burial
22. StatementNeither husband gets a husband's usual rights
23. StatementA בת ישראל becomes disqualified from marrying a כהן