Commentary for Gittin 131:4
אלא רבי אבא הכי קא קשיא ליה מתנת שכיב מרע במקצת היא ומתנת שכ"מ במקצת בעיא קנין מכלל דרב הונא סבר לא בעיא קנין והא קי"ל דבעיא קנין שאני הכא דמצוה מחמת מיתה הוא
[it is sufficient]. R. Abba strongly demurred to this [dictum of R. Huna], saying, [Shall I argue on this principle that] just as a gift may take effect after death, so a Get may take effect after death?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The wife becomes automatically released on the death of her husband, so that no Get can be effective after death. The Get is in fact meant to take effect before death, to release the wife from the obligation of halizah. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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