Commentary for Gittin 41:5
ואמאי חצר מהלכת היא וחצר מהלכת לא קנה וכי תימא בעומד והאמר רבא כל שאילו מהלך לא קנה עומד ויושב לא קנה והלכתא בכפות
Raba said: If a man writes a Get for his wife and entrusts it to his slave, and also writes a deed assigning the slave to her, she becomes the legal owner of the slave and she is divorced by the Get. Why should this be? The slave is a moving courtyard,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Giving it to the slave is like putting it in a courtyard and telling her to take it from there, only the slave is moving from place to place; on the transfer of ownership by means of a court, v. B.M. 9b. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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