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Gittin 6:2 - 6:3

The Mishnah Yomi for Friday, June 28, 2024 is Gittin 6:2 - 6:3

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Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Gittin Perek 6 Mishnah 2

גיטין פרק ו׳ משנה ב׳

2
A woman who said to an agent: Receive my bill of divorce for me, requires two sets of witnesses to confirm that she was divorced when the agent received the bill of divorce. She requires two witnesses who say: In our presence she said to the agent: Receive my bill of divorce on my behalf, and two who say: In our presence the agent received the bill of divorce and tore it. This testimony is effective even if two people are the first pair of witnesses and the same two are the latter pair of witnesses, or if there is one witness from the first pair of witnesses and one witness from the latter pair, and one additional witness joins with them as the second witness in both testimonies. With regard to a betrothed young woman, she and her father are each eligible to receive her bill of divorce, and the divorce takes effect at the moment that either of them receives the bill of divorce. Rabbi Yehuda said: Two hands do not have the right to acquire an item on behalf of one person as one. Rather, her father alone receives her bill of divorce on her behalf. And there is another principle: Any female who is unable to safeguard her bill of divorce is unable to be divorced.
הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁאָמְרָה, הִתְקַבֵּל לִי גִטִּי, צְרִיכָה שְׁתֵּי כִתֵּי עֵדִים, שְׁנַיִם שֶׁאוֹמְרִים בְּפָנֵינוּ אָמְרָה וּשְׁנַיִם שֶׁאוֹמְרִים בְּפָנֵינוּ קִבֵּל וְקָרַע, אֲפִלּוּ הֵן הָרִאשׁוֹנִים וְהֵן הָאַחֲרוֹנִים, אוֹ אֶחָד מִן הָרִאשׁוֹנִים וְאֶחָד מִן הָאַחֲרוֹנִים וְאֶחָד מִצְטָרֵף עִמָּהֶן. נַעֲרָה הַמְאֹרָסָה, הִיא וְאָבִיהָ מְקַבְּלִין אֶת גִּטָּהּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, אֵין שְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם זוֹכוֹת כְּאַחַת, אֶלָּא אָבִיהָ מְקַבֵּל אֶת גִּטָּהּ בִּלְבָד. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לִשְׁמֹר אֶת גִּטָּהּ, אֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לְהִתְגָּרֵשׁ:
ב׳

צריכה – to bring before us two sets of witnesses

שנים שיאמרו בפנינו אמרה – to him [i.e., the husband] to receive it [i.e., the Jewish bill of divorce].

ושנים שיאמרו בפנינו קבל וקרע – And this was taught during the time of religious persecution, where they decreed against [the observance of] the commandments and they would immediately tear the Jewish bill of divorce, so that they should it should not be seen.

או אחד מן הראשונים ואחד מן האחרונים ואחד – a third [individual] who was made a witness with this group and the other group, who joins with them.

היא ואביה – either she [i.e., the betrothed maiden, between the ages of twelve and twelve-and-one-half] or her father, for she has “a hand,” because she is considered an adult, and her father also has authority to receive it.

אינה מתגרשת – and even with her father receiving it [i.e., the Jewish bill of divorce], as it is written (Deuteronomy 24:1): “…and sends her away from his house,” [which describes] someone who sends her away but she does not return, excluding [a case] where he sends her away but she returns.

צריכה. להביא לפנינו שתי כיתי עדים:

שנים שיאמרו בפנינו אמרה. לו לקבלו:

ושנים שיאמרו בפנינו קבל וקרע. ובשעת השמד שנו, שגזרו על המצות והיו קורעים הגט מיד, שלא ייראה:

ואפילו הן כו׳ שהשנים שאמרה בפניהם הם עצמם ראו כשקבלו:

או אחד מן הראשונים ואחד מן האחרונים ואחד. שלישי, שנעשה עד בזו ובזו, מצטרך עמהם:

היא ואביה. או היא או אביה. היא יש לה יד דהא גדולה היא. ואביה נמי זכאי לקבלו:

אינה מתגרשת. ואפילו בקבלת אביה, דכתיב (דברים כ״ד:א׳) ושלחה מביתו, מי שמשלחה ואינה חוזרת, יצאה זו שמשלחה וחוזרת:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Gittin Perek 6 Mishnah 3

גיטין פרק ו׳ משנה ג׳

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In the case of a minor girl who said to an agent: Receive my bill of divorce for me, it is not a valid bill of divorce until the bill of divorce reaches her possession. Therefore, if the husband seeks to retract his decision before his wife receives the bill of divorce, he can retract it, as a minor does not designate an agent. Consequently, the agent is not an agent for receipt, and the divorce does not take effect when the husband hands the document to the agent. The agent is an agent for delivery, and the divorce takes effect when the bill of divorce enters the wife’s possession. And if her father said to the agent: Go out and receive my daughter’s bill of divorce on her behalf, then if the husband seeks to retract his decision, he cannot retract it. As a father can receive the bill of divorce on behalf of his minor daughter, he can designate an agent for receipt, and the divorce takes effect when the husband hands the document to the agent. With regard to one who says to an agent: Give this bill of divorce to my wife in such and such a place, if the agent deviated and gave it to her in another place the divorce is invalid. However, if he said to the agent: Give this bill of divorce to my wife, she is in such and such a place, without explicitly instructing the agent to give her the document there, and he gave it to her in another place the divorce is valid. With regard to the woman who when designating her agent for receipt said to her agent: Receive my bill of divorce for me in such and such a place, and he received it for her in another place, the divorce is invalid; and Rabbi Elazar deems it valid. If she said to him: Bring me my bill of divorce from such and such a place, and he brought it for her from another place, it is valid. Because he is an agent for delivery, the woman is not particular where he receives the bill of divorce, as the divorce takes effect only when the bill of divorce reaches her possession.
קְטַנָּה שֶׁאָמְרָה הִתְקַבֵּל לִי גִטִּי, אֵינוֹ גֵט עַד שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ גֵּט לְיָדָהּ. לְפִיכָךְ אִם רָצָה הַבַּעַל לַחֲזֹר, יַחֲזֹר, שֶׁאֵין קָטָן עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלִיחַ. אֲבָל אִם אָמַר לוֹ אָבִיהָ, צֵא וְהִתְקַבֵּל לְבִתִּי גִטָּהּ, אִם רָצָה לְהַחֲזִיר, לֹא יַחֲזִיר. הָאוֹמֵר תֵּן גֵּט זֶה לְאִשְׁתִּי בְמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי, וּנְתָנוֹ לָהּ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, פָּסוּל. הֲרֵי הִיא בְמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי, וּנְתָנוֹ לָהּ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, כָּשֵׁר. הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁאָמְרָה הִתְקַבֵּל לִי גִטִּי בְמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי, וְקִבְּלוֹ לָהּ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, פָּסוּל. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מַכְשִׁיר. הָבֵא לִי גִטִּי מִמָּקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי וֶהֱבִיאוֹ לָהּ מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר, כָּשֵׁר:
ג׳

במקום אחר פסול – for the husband is strict that it is not his desire that they should cast suspicion upon him there.

הרי היא במקום פלומי – he [i.e., the husband] is doing nothing more than showing him the place, for there she can be found.

רבי אליעזר מכשיר – for he holds that he [i.e., the husband] is divorcing [her] of his own free will, there is an intimation that you care for a thing to be exactly as you want it, for she is divorced against her will, and she is merely showing him the place. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eliezer.

במקום אחר פסול. שהבעל מקפיד שאין רצונו שילעיזו עליו שם:

הרי היא במקום פלוני. אינו אלא כמראה מקום, שם תמצאנה:

ורבי אליעזר מכשיר. דסבר איהו דמדעתיה מגרש איכא קפידא, איהי דבעל כרחה מתגרשת מראה מקום היא לו. ואין הלכה כרבי אליעזר:

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