Talmud for Gittin 1:1

Does the document prove? Do we not have to believe what she says? If she did not say ‘it was written in my presence, it was signed in my presence’, would you permit her to remarry⁹¹Mishnah Giṭṭin 1:1 states that abill of divorce brought from far away is accepted by the local court only if the person delivering the bill testifies that it was executed in his presence and, therefore, he can be queried about the details of the execution. Without such testimony, the woman to whom the bill is addressed cannot be declared to be a divorcee free to remarry.? Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, that parallels what Rebbi Abun said⁹²In Halakhah Giṭṭin 1:1., one does not suspect him to vilify her in the eyes of Heaven; he is suspect to vilify her in the eyes of the court⁹³If the husband would trick the messenger into delivering an invalid bill of divorce and the court would declare the woman free to remarry on that basis, the only consequence would be that the children of the divorcee from a second husband would be bastards in the eyes of Heaven. Since the divorce, once approved by a competent court, cannot be reversed, the second marriage will always be legitimate in the eyes of the public and the children will be legitimate and able to marry in the congregation. But the court has to be able to cross-examine him before it accepts the document to be sure that the husband had the bill signed by witnesses in good standing.. Since he knows that if he were to come [and object, his objection] would not be accepted⁹⁴In the Babli, this is the argument of Rava (cf. Chapter 1, Note 19). Another opinion there holds that the excluded women may deliver a bill of divorce only locally since then their testimony is not needed, as the testimony is not directly mentioned in Mishnah Giṭṭin 2:8. Since the Babli accepts Rava’s argument, it concurs that a bill of divorce duly accepted in a second court cannot be attacked by the husband., he has [the bill of divorce] signed by witnesses in good standing. And here, since she knows that her word does not count for the other woman, she will be truthful.

As the following: Ganiba was lead out to be executed¹⁰⁴It seems, by the Persian government as a political trouble maker. (Babli 7a).. He said, One should give money¹⁰⁵In the Babli, 65b, 400 zuz. It seems that R. Abuna was Ganiba’s only student (Ḥulin 44a,50b). He also was Rav Huna’s student. to Rebbi Abuna from the wine of Kefar Panaya¹⁰⁷In the Babli, 66a, the heirs were forced to pay by Rav Huna.. They did not give him¹⁰⁷In the Babli, 66a, the heirs were forced to pay by Rav Huna.; they were considering what Rav said, “an heir is like the buyer of encumbered property.” Just as a loan before witnesses cannot be collected from encumbered property, so it cannot be collected from heirs¹⁰⁸Cf. Chapter 3, Note 146. The opinion ascribed here [and in 3:7, Baba qama 10:1 (7b 1. 39), Baba meṣi‘a 1:6 (8a 1.26)] to Rav is quoted as common to Rav and Samuel (i. e., established Babylonian practice) in Baba batra 175b.. If they did not give it as payment of a debt, they should have given as a gift! They were considering what Rebbi Eleazar said, for Rebbi Eleazar asked: Does his gift follow the rules of the gift of a sick person⁹⁸Some formal rules of gifts are waived for a person on his deathbed. If a sick person directs that gifts should be given and he dies, the gifts are valid even though no act of acquisition was performed for the benefit of the recipients. But if he recovers, his instructions are void in the absence of a formal act of acquisition; cf. Peah 3:9; Babli Baba batra 146b ff.? Rebbi Ze‘ira¹⁰⁹In the Babli, he counsels R. Abina to appeal to Rav Huna. brought Rebbi Isaac from Atosha who stated for him: A gift is like a bill of divorce¹¹⁰Which is valid without formality if ordered by a person sentenced to death.. Rebbi Abba said to him, perhaps like bills of divorce which one cannot deliver if not delivered during his lifetime, so a gift is not called a gift if not delivered during his lifetime? He said to him, here comes the rabbi with sophistication to let Rebbi Abuna lose money! You cannot, for we have stated there¹¹¹Mishnah 1:6.: “Give a mina to X; then he died. One shall give after death.” Following Rebbi Simeon. For Rebbi Joḥanan disagrees, they should give him, as Rebbi Abbahu said in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: A loan before witnesses can be collected from the heirs¹¹²Quoted as opinion shared by R. Joḥanan and R. Simeon ben Laqish (i. e., common Galilean practice) in Baba batra 175b. on condition that they inherited real estate. Rebbi Yose said, that is, if somebody was with him until the moment of his death¹¹³Who can testify that from the moment of the gift to the donor’s death nothing was given to the recipient of the gift.. But if he goes in and out, I am saying that already he gave him. The word of Rebbi Ḥanina implies that it¹¹⁴Ganiba’s gift. was not given since Rebbi Ḥanina reported this fact: Levi Parisa¹¹⁵In Šabbat 3:4 (6a 1. 63), he is called Levi Sarisa. He may be Levi ben Sisi, known as a commuter between Galilee and Babylonia. was going from place to place when Ganiba’s relatives came to eat with him. He said, the money should be given to Rebbi Abuna; they started quarelling with him.