Commentary for Gittin 125:4
ואמאי הא בעל לאו בר שויא שליח לקבלה הוא אלא אמרינן כיון שנתן עיניו לגרשה מימר אמר תיגרש כל היכי דמגרשה הכא נמי כיון שנתן עיניו לגרשה מימר אמר תיגרש כל היכי דמגרשה
R. Huna b. Hiyya said [in refutation of R. Nahman]: Come and hear: IF A MAN SAYS, RECEIVE THIS GET ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE, OR, CONVEY THIS GET TO MY WIFE, IF HE DESIRES TO RETRACT HE MAY DO SO. The reason [why the Get is not effective] is that he desires to do so; if he does not [and lets the Get reach her], the Get is valid. Now why should this be, seeing that the husband is not competent to appoint an agent for receiving the Get? The reason must be because we say that once he has made up his mind to divorce her, he says to himself, Let her be divorced in any way possible.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And when he says 'receive' he implies also 'convey'. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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