Commentary for Chullin 78:14

הבריא שאמר כתבו גט לאשתי רצה לשחק בה ומעשה בבריא שאמר כתבו גט לאשתי ועלה לגג ונפל ומת אמר רשב"ג

For we have learnt: If a person in good health said: 'Write a bill of divorce to my wife', it is held that he merely intended to tease her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it is no divorce even though the bill was handed to the wife, because no instructions were given to deliver it to the wife; v. Git. 66a. In the case of a person who was dangerously ill, however, the law is that if he merely said: 'Write a bill of divorce to my wife', without adding. 'And deliver it to her', the divorce would be valid.');">⁸</span>

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