Commentary for Chullin 78:21

ודלמא שאני התם דקאמר כתבו

- Perhaps this case is different for he actually said: 'Write [the bill of divorce].'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it might well be inferred that he intended the bill to be delivered to his wife, this intention no doubt being present in his mind at the time he gave instructions to write the bill of divorce. But in the case of idolatry, there is no possible inference to be drawn from subsequent conduct as to this man's earlier act.');">¹³</span>

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