Commentary for Bava Batra 319:2

פשוט שכתבו עדיו מאחוריו מקושר שכתבו עדיו מתוכו שניהם פסולין רבי חנינא בן גמליאל אומר מקושר שכתבו עדיו מתוכו כשר מפני שיכול לעשותו פשוט רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר הכל כמנהג המדינה

A PLAIN [ONE] THAT BEARS THE SIGNATURES OF THE WITNESSES ON THE REVERSE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'whose witnesses wrote on its back'. ');">⁴</span> [AND] A FOLDED [ONE] THAT BEARS THE SIGNATURES OF ITS WITNESSES ON THE INSIDE ARE BOTH INVALID.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it is a bill of divorce, the woman cannot be divorced by it; and if it is a bond of indebtedness, the creditor is not entitled to seize any of the debtor's sold lands. ');">⁵</span> R. HANINA B. GAMALIEL SAID: A FOLDED [DEED] THAT BEARS THE SIGNATURES OF THE WITNESSES ON ITS INSIDE IS VALID, BECAUSE IT CAN BE TURNED INTO A PLAIN [ONE].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By removing the stitches. ');">⁶</span>

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