Commentary for Gittin 133:14

רב נחמן אמר כשר ולא תעשה רב ששת אמר כשר ותעשה רבה אמר כשר ולא תעשה רב יוסף אמר כשר ותעשה

R. Johanan b. Nuri was a basket of fancy goods.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apparently this indicates that while his knowledge was well arranged like that of R. Akiba, it was not so well unified and correlated. ');">¹⁴</span> R. Eleazar b. Azariah was a basket of spices.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apparently, less in quantity than R. Johanan's. ');">¹⁵</span> The Mishnah of R. Eliezer b. Jacob [the Elder] was little and good.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a kab and fine'. So that wherever he gives an opinion, the halachah follows him. ');">¹⁶</span> R. Jose always had his reasons. R. Simeon used to grind much and let out little. A Tanna [explained this to mean that] he used to forget little, and what he let go from his mind was only the bran.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., those statements which were not followed by the halachah. ');">¹⁷</span> So too said R. Simeon to his disciples: My sons, learn my rules,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'measures'. ');">¹⁸</span> since my rules are the cream of the cream<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the terumah of the terumah'. ');">¹⁹</span> of R. Akiba's. The text above [states]. 'If a man said to two persons, Tell the scribe to write and So-and-so and So-and-so to sign, R. Huna said in the name of Rab that [the Get is] valid, but this should not be done in Israel.' Said 'Ulla to R. Nahman (or, according to others, R. Nahman said to 'Ulla): Seeing that [the Get is] valid, why should this not be done in Israel? — He replied: We are afraid lest she might suborn witnesses.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To say this to the scribe and the witnesses in the name of her husband. ');">²⁰</span> But do we entertain any such fear? Has it not been taught: Once the witnesses have signed to a deed of purchase of a field or the Get of a woman, the Sages entertain no doubts about their reliability? They would not do anything wrong,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., sign their own names. ');">²¹</span> but they might say something. If a man said to two persons, Tell the scribe to write and do you sign, R. Hisda said [that the Get would be] valid but this should not be done; Rabbah b. Bar Hanah said that it is valid and this may be done; R. Nahman said it is valid and this may not be done; R. Shesheth said it is valid and this may be done; Rabbah said it is valid and this may not be done; R. Joseph said it is valid and this may be done.

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