Commentary for Gittin 36:7
ההוא דאמר להו לעשרה כתבו גט לאשתי חתום בי תרי מינייהו ביומיה ואינך מכאן ועד עשרה ימים אתא לקמיה דרבי יהושע בן לוי אמר ליה
If [the relative or disqualified person] signs first, some say [that the Get is] valid and some that [it is] invalid. Some say [it is] valid because [the person thus signing may be regarded as fulfilling] the condition. Some say [it is] invalid because [otherwise] a precedent may be set for the signing of documents in general. A certain man said to ten persons, [All of you]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These words are not in the text, but, as Rashi points out, they are necessary for the sense, because if they were not used, according to all authorities it is necessary for only two to sign. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> write a Get for my wife, and two signed on the same day and the rest ten days later. [The question of its validity] came before R. Joshua ben Levi. He said:
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