Commentary for Eruvin 30:11

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- He derives it from [the expression of] 'A letter of divorcement'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , Deut. XXIV, I. rpx ,u,hrf');">²⁵</span> [which implies:]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since ('letter') stands in close proximity to ('divorcement') . v,ruf ,rf');">²⁶</span> The letter causes her divorcement but no other thing may cause it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (rt. 'to cut') , lit., 'cuts her off (from her husband) '.');">²⁷</span>

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