Gittin 80a

גיטין פ׳ ע״א

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Topic

The penalties for remarrying on a flawed גט, and the גמרא on dating a גט by a kingdom and writing the correct place

Overview

This amud finishes the long משנה about a woman who remarried based on a flawed גט. She loses her rights to תרומה or מעשר and to her כתובה, and if the husbands die, each brother must do חליצה but none may do יבום. The משנה applies the same penalties to a גט with the wrong name or city. It also applies them to co-wives who remarried by mistake when the ערוה or יבמה turned out to be an איילונית, and to a case where the scribe swapped the גט and the receipt. רבי אלעזר disagrees and says a גט found with the husband only after some time is still valid. The גמרא then explains that the 'kingdom that is not legitimate' is רומי. עולא says a גט is dated by the kingdom to keep peace with the government, and the harsh penalties fit רבי מאיר's view that any change in the חכמים' set wording invalidates a גט. The גמרא shows why each dating case in the משנה is needed. It explains that 'he was in the east and wrote in the west' is about the scribe, who must write the place where he actually sits. A new statement of שמואל begins at the end and continues on the next amud.

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The steps (23)

1. StatementA בת לוי or בת כהן loses her food rights
2. StatementNo one inherits her כתובה
3. StatementIf the husbands die: חליצה but no יבום
4. StatementA wrong name or city in the גט brings the same penalties
5. StatementOpening a new rule about the צרות of עריות
6. StatementCo-wives who remarried, but the forbidden wife was an איילונית
7. StatementA יבם married his יבמה, who turned out to be an איילונית
8. StatementThe scribe mixes up the גט and the receipt
9. StatementThe mix-up is discovered, and she must leave both men
10. Statementרבי אלעזר: it depends on when the גט turns up
11. QuestionWhat is 'a kingdom that is not legitimate'?
12. ResponseIt means רומי
13. QuestionWhy call רומי 'not legitimate'?
14. ResponseThey have no script or language of their own
15. Statementעולא: dating by the kingdom keeps peace with the government
16. ChallengeSuch harsh penalties just for peace with the government?
17. ResolutionYes, because רבי מאיר is strict about any change to a גט
18. StatementWhy the משנה needs both the illegitimate kingdom and מדי and יון
19. StatementWhy the building of the בית המקדש must also be mentioned
20. ConclusionWhy the destruction of the בית המקדש must also be mentioned
21. QuestionWho was in the east?
22. ResponseIt means the scribe, as רב taught his scribes
23. StatementOpening a new statement of שמואל