Commentary for Avodah Zarah 73:11
על מנת שתצא חמה מנרתיקה מעכשיו קאמר לה וכי מיית בליליא הא ודאי תנאה הוי וגט מחיים הוא כדרב הונא דאמר רב הונא כל האומר על מנת כאומר מעכשיו דמי
[But if he said to her that the divorce should take effect] “on condition that the sun comes out from its sheath,” he intended it to take effect from that moment onward, and should he die at night, this was certainly a condition, and the divorce thus took effect while he was alive [and is valid] in agreement with the view of R. Huna. For R. Huna said: Anyone who says “on condition” [in a bill of divorce] it is the same as if he had said, “From now onward.”
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
If he says “on condition that the sun rise,” he meant to say that the divorce would go into effect immediately. Thus the divorce took effect while he was alive and even if he dies at night, she is divorced.
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