Gittin 80 - Errors in Get

If one made any deviation from the rules of a Get, such as, being in Babylon, dated it according to the calendar of Rome or Greece, or even dated it from the construction or destruction of the Temple, or incorrectly named the city of writing, the Get is invalid.

According to Rabbi Meir, the woman needs to leave her new husband if she re-married, but can not return to her previous husband. She also looses her Ketubah payment from both, and many other benefits.

However, prevailing ruling is that she does need another Get but is not penalized as above.

Gittin 79 - Get is Thrown from the Roof

If she was standing on top of a roof that belonged to her and he threw the Get from the courtyard that belonged to him, - once it reaches the airspace of the roof, she is divorced.

If he was on his roof above and she was in her courtyard below, and he threw the Get to her, once it leaves the domain of the roof – even if it is erased or burnt before it lands in the courtyard – she is divorced.

After the Get is written, the husband and wife can not be alone together.

Gittin 78 - Tricks to Give a Get

If a man handed a Get to his wife and said, “Please receive this note of indebtedness,” or she found a document next to him, read it, and it was a Get – it is not a valid Get, until he says to her, “Here is your Get.”

If he placed it in her hand while she was sleeping, and she awakes and it is her Get, - it is not a valid Get.

If she was standing in the street and he threw the Get to her, if it landed close to her, she is divorced, otherwise, she is not divorced.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 77 - He Throws Her the Get

If someone throws a Get to his wife while she is inside her house or inside her courtyard, she is divorced, because her property has acquired the Get for her. If he threw the Get while she was inside his house, even if the Get is with her in the same bed, - she is not divorced, because the Get has not been placed in her domain.

If he threw the Get into her lap or into her sewing basket hanging from her, she is divorced.

Later authorities prohibited divorcing a wife without her consent.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 76 - Divorce for Services

If a husband told his wife, “This is your Get on condition that your serve my father,” and the father died, - it is a valid Get. The condition was based on need, and the need was fulfilled.

If a man told his wife, “This is your Get on condition that you nurse my son for two years,” and the son died, the Get is void. The husband wanted to harass her, and did not succeed. Others say that the husband wanted to profit, and that the Get is valid. Practically, we rule stringently, but they should have been more specific!

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 75 - Contracts Based on Unfulfilled Conditions

A man said to his sharecropper, "Sharecroppers usually water the field three times a year and take one-forth of the produce as payment for their work. However, you water four times a year and take one-third of the crop." The sharecropper accepted the proposal. Eventually rain came and made it unnecessary to water the crops for the fourth time.

One side: since the sharecropper did not actually irrigate a fourth time, only one-quarter of the produce is due him. Another: since it was not necessary to irrigate the fourth time, the sharecropper takes one-third. The second point of view is preferred.

Gittin 74 - Divorce on Condition of Payment

If a man told his wife, "This is your Get on condition that you give me 200 zuz (~$10,000)," then she is divorced, and the Get takes effect retroactively to the time of giving the Get, at the moment when she gives the money. Therefore, if the Get is meanwhile lost or destroyed, it still works.

If he said, "On condition that you give me the money within 30 days," - then if she gave him the money within 30 days, she is divorced, but if not, she is not divorced.

If he says "On condition that you give me a certain garment," and the garment is lost - she is not divorced. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says that she can pay money for the garment, as it once happened in the city of Tzidon, but this is one of the three cases where the law does not follow him.

Gittin 73 - Results of Conditional Divorce

The Get of a seriously ill person has the same law as his gift, that is, if he recovers, it is assumed that he changed his mind. The possession of the gift returns to him, and the Get should be void. However, the Get is decreed to take effect, to avoid the people thinking that the Get can work after the husband’s death. Such mistake could lead to serious consequences.

After receiving a conditional Get, the wife should not be alone with her husband, unless it is in the presence of witnesses – even witnesses not normally qualifying to give testimony.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 72 - Conditional Divorce

If a husband told his wife, “This is your Get if I die,” or, “This is your Get if I die from this illness,” or “This is your Get after my death,” he has not said anything. In all three cases, the Get is void because the husband stipulated that it will take effect after his death and this is impossible.

If he said, “This is your Get from today if I die from this illness,” - it is a valid Get. It takes effect retroactively, but care must be taken not to invalidate the Get by living together.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 71

If one became mute and they asked him, “Shall we write a get for your wife?” and he nodded his head, they test him six times with questions requiring “yes” or “no” in random order. If he answers all questions correctly, they may write and give a get.

A person born deaf-mute is presumed to lack clear understanding and can not contract a biblically binding marriage. Rabbinical enactments validated his marriage and divorce. Therefore, if his brother marries a woman and dies, and the wife falls to him in a levirate marriage, he lacks the legal power to divorce.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 70

Healthy living: eat 1/3 of the stomach's capacity, drink 1/3, and leave 1/3 of the stomach's capacity unfilled. If you get angry after a meal, you will be filled to capacity but not become ill.

One who is impotent should bring 3 vessels of 3 reviit (~3 ounce) of saffron that grew in a field fertilized with sheep manure, grind them up, boil them in wine and drink. Rabbi Yochanan said, “It is exactly this which made me like a teenager again.”

Three things drain a person's strength: anxiety, travel, and regret of sin.

Purpose of the letter

Mistakes are completely mine, and final law can not be definitively deduced from the summaries. Have a great day!

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 69

Many remedies are recorded in the Talmud. One can not use them nowadays because we are not certain of the exact meaning of the words, and because the nature of people and medicines has changed. Here is one such remedy.

For cataracts – bring a scorpion that is spotted with seven colors because of its age, dry it out in the shade, grind it and make a powder consisting of two parts antimony and one part ground scorpion. Apply three doses to one eye and three doses to another. One must beware not to apply more, or the eyes may burst.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 63

Husband can appoint another man as an agent to deliver a Get to his wife, and wife can appoint another woman as an agent to accept a Get – because they appoint others like them to do what they are empowered to do.

Moreover, husband can appoint a woman for the delivery of a Get, and wife can appoint a man for the receipt. Since they can be a party to divorce, they can also act as agents in any capacity.

Purpose of the letter

Mistakes are completely mine, and final law can not be definitively deduced from the summaries. Have a great day!

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 62

A sage should not help an unlearned person to separate the priest's portion from dough. The unlearned person's dough is presumed to be ritually impure, but the priest might think it pure, since it comes from the sage.

In contract, the sage is allowed to kneed dough for the unlearned, then separate the priest's portion - but teach the unlearned not to touch the dough.

Man can appoint an agent to take a Get to his wife, but can retract while the Get is on the way. If he appoints the agent for receiving the Get, she is divorced immediately.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 61

A woman can loan to her friend a sieve or a hand-mill, even if her friend uses forbidden produce of the seventh year, because her friend may use the implements for permitted produce - but she should not cook with her.

One can deposit his tithed produce with a friend who is not careful about tithes, and should not suspect that the friend will substitute it. But what about the rule that one should tithe flour when he gives it to his mother-in-law and also after she bakes it into bread? His mother-in-law would substitute burned bread, to help her daughter.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 60

When reading the Haftarah, it is better to read from a complete Tanach, rather than from a book containing haftarah selections, to show respect for the listeners.


Was the Torah written on a complete scroll?

• No, it was written on separate scrolls, which Moshe connected together before his death. Proof? - "Then said I: Lo, I am come with the scroll of a book which is prescribed for me."

• Yes: Moshe remembered every section as it was taught, and then wrote them all before his death. Proof? - "Take this book of the law."

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 59

Young children (6-10 years of age, depending on their intelligence) who lack a guardian are empowered to buy and sell moveable property, for the benefit of society.

In the synagogue, a Kohen is called to the Torah first, then a Levi, and after him an Israel, to foster peace and harmony. However, if there is no Kohen in the synagogue, then the Levi does not have to be called. Some even say, Levi can not be called, because people may mistakenly assume that he is a Kohen, and the Israel called after him is a Levi.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 58

Three boxes of head tefillin, measuring together about 1,000 liters, were recovered from the victims of Bethar.





If one acquires a plot of land from an oppressor and then acquires it from the owner (by paying him required ¼ of the amount), it is not valid. He has to acquire it from the owner, and then from the oppressor. The owner's sale needs to be recorded in a document with title insurance. Then we assume that the owner was sincere.

Similarly, a buyer of a field designated for ketubah should acquire consent from the wife and the field from the husband.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 57

"Gladden Jerusalem and rejoice with her all those who love her; be elated with her, all those who mourn for her." (Isaiah) means: when Jerusalem is in the state of joy, one must rejoice, and when it is in mourning, one must mourn.

Seven sons of a certain woman were asked to worship idols by the Roman governor. They all refused and were executed. She told the last one, "Go, my sons, and tell Abraham your father, you bound a sacrifice on one altar, and I bound sacrifices on seven altars." She was a reincarnation of the mother of Abraham.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 56

Bar Kamtza was invited to a feast by mistake and thrown out. He incited the Roman ruler to destroy Jerusalem. The dispatched general divined by bird flight and by arrows that Jerusalem will fall. He asked a child what he was learning, and the child said, “I will take revenge on Edom.” The general understood that God wants to destroy Jerusalem but will then revenge on him, so he ran away, converted, and Rabbi Meir was his descendant.

In those times, if one bought a plot in Israel from an oppressor, he had to also pay ¼ to the owner.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 55

If one says privately to a witness, "This is a Get for my wife," then tells his wife, "Please accept this document of indebtedness," she is divorced. His words are not to nullify the Get but to avoid the embarrassment of the divorce.


If one steals a beam, builds it into his mansion, and is challenged in court, he has to pay the cost of the beam but does not have to return the beam itself. This decree is to make it easy for the people who repent and want to return the stolen goods.

Purpose of the letter

Mistakes are completely mine, and final law can not be definitively deduced from the summaries. Have a great day!

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 54

If one mistakenly violates a Rabbinical prohibition, should he be penalized? Rabbi Meir says, “Yes, because people in general take Rabbinical decrees lightly, and therefore they should be upheld all the more.” Rabbi Yehudah says, “No, Rabbinical prohibitions carry less weight than those of the Torah, therefore additional penalties are not justified.”

If a priest is bringing someone's sacrifices and at the same time is planning to finish the service after allowed time, the sacrifice is invalid. If he did so on purpose, he has to pay the owner for the ruined sacrifice.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 53

If one mixes non-kosher food into the kosher food of his friend - it is a damage that is not visible. He has to pay - if he did it on purpose, but not if by mistake.

Why? In truth, he should NOT be liable in both cases. But if he did it by mistake, he will not tell his friend if he has to pay, so the payment was canceled. If he did it on purpose, he will announce it anyway.

Or, in truth he SHOULD be liable in both cases. But they imposed a penalty against intentional damages.

Daf in < 100 words - Gittin 52

If orphans have asked an administrator to manage their affairs, or if the father has appointed one, the administrator has to tithe their food, making sure it is kosher. If the court has appointed an administrator, additionally he needs to swear that he retained nothing of theirs, at the end of his duty.

Why is this? If he administrator is doing a favor to the deceased father, he will not accept the responsibility if he has to swear. With court appointment, he accepts the responsibility because of the good reputation resulting from it, so an oath is not a deterrent.