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פרק ח משנה י
גט קרח

A bald get

הכל משלימין עליו

all [including otherwise invalid witnesses] may complete it [by signing the folds],

דברי בן ננס

this is the opinion of ben Nanos.

רבי עקיבה אומר

Rabbi Akiva says

 אין משלימין עליו

No [otherwise invalid witnesses] may complete it

אלא קרובים

exept for relatives

הראויין להעיד במקום אחר

who are eligible to testify in a different matter [where none of the parties are related to them.

ואיזהו  גט קרח

And what is a bald get?

כל שקשריו

Any that has bindings

מרבין מעדיו

in excess of its witnesses.

 

 

פרק ט משנה א
המגרש את אשתו

One who divorces his wife,

 ואמר לה

and says to her

הרי את מתרת לכל אדם

you are hereby permitted to any man

אלא לפלוני

except for so-and-so

רבי אליעזר מתיר

Rabbi Eliezer permits it (she is divorced, but may not marry that man)

וחכמים אוסרין

and the Sages prohibit it.

כיצד יעשה

What should he do [according to the Sages]?

יטלנו הימנה

He should take [the get] from her

 ויחזור ויתננו לה

and go back and give it to her

ויאמר לה

and say to her

הרי את מתרת לכל אדם

you are hereby permitted to any man.

ואם כתבו בתוכו

And if he wrote [this condition] in it

אף על פי שחזר ומחקו

even if he goes back and erases it

פסול

it is invalid.

 

 

NOTES

משנה י

This משנה is dealing with a case where we know that all of the עדים required by the husband did in fact sign (cf. משנה ח, where it is assumed that a גט קרח is lacking the signatures of witnesses who were required by the husband).  In such a case, we need signatures merely for appearance's sake, that is to prevent another ב"ד from invalidating it for missing signatures.  Thus, according to בן ננס, one of these 'missing' signatures can be done by someone, including a slave or a thief, who would normally not be accepted as a witness.   ר"ע limits it to relatives who are otherwise כשר להעיד, as we do not want someone reading this גט to later think that a person who is a slave or thief is כשר להעיד.

משנה א

רבי אליעזר מתיר - He bases his position on (ואשה גרושה מאישה לא יקחו (ויקרא כא, ז which means, regarding a כהן, that "and a woman divorced  from her husband he shall not take." The implication, according to ר"א, is that even if she is not permitted to every other man, she is still divorced.

וחכמים אוסרין - They hold that as it says that (וכתב לה ספר כריתת (דברים כד, א, this means that a divorce must be total, and that being forbidden to even one other man is not כריתת.  With regard to ואשה גרושה מאישה לא יקחו, that serves as a basis for the special אסור on כהנים known as ריח הגט.  Pursuant to that הלכה, even though she is not divorced by the גט of this משנה, she may no longer marry a כהן.

 

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