Commentary for Gittin 34:12

אהנו לשבוע דקמיה ולשבוע דבתריה דאי לא תימא הכי יומא גופיה מי ידעי' אי מצפרא אי מפניא אלא ליומא דקמיה וליומא דבתריה הכא נמי אהני לשבוע דקמיה ולשבוע דבתריה

by the year, by the month, by the week? — He replied: It is valid. What good then have the Rabbis done with their regulation? — It is of value [where a question arises] about the septennate before or the septennate after.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., if the alleged unchastity took place in the septennate before, or if the husband continued to draw the increment in the septennate after. ');">¹¹</span>

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