Commentary for Eruvin 30:5

ורבנן האי וכתב לה מאי דרשי ביה ההוא מבעי ליה בכתיבה מתגרשת ואינה מתגרשת בכסף סלקא דעתך אמינא הואיל ואיתקש יציאה להויה מה הויה בכסף אף יציאה בכסף קמ"ל

If so, why was the expression of 'letter' used? To tell you that as a letter is an inanimate obje and does not eat, so must any other object [used for the purpose be] one that is inanimate and does not eat.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence R. Jose's ruling that no letter of divorce may be written on an animate object.');">¹⁰</span> And the Rabbis?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How, in view of this deduction, can they allow the use of an animate object as a writing material for a letter of divorce? rpxc');">¹¹</span>

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