Commentary for Gittin 154:11

והיא בתוך ביתה: אמר עולא והוא שעומדת בצד ביתה ובצד חצרה ר' אושעיא אמר אפילו היא בטבריא וחצרה בציפורי היא בציפורי וחצרה בטבריא מגורשת

WHILE SHE IS IN HER HOUSE. 'Ulla said: That is so, provided she is standing by the side of her house or by the side of her courtyard. R. Oshaia said: She may even be in Tiberias and her courtyard in Sepphoris or she may be in Sepphoris and her courtyard in Tiberias; she is still divorced. But it says. WHILE SHE IS IN HER HOUSE OR IN HER COURTYARD? — What it means is, While she is virtually in her own house or in her own courtyard on account of the fact that the courtyard is being kept [for her] with her knowledge and consent, and therefore she is divorced.

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