Commentary for Gittin 44:7
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> והא לאו בני דיעה נינהו אמר רב הונא
But does not Scripture say, 'In order that they may stand'? — That is merely a piece of good advice. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. ALL [PERSONS] ARE QUALIFIED TO WRITE A GET, EVEN A DEAF-MUTE, A LUNATIC AND A MINOR. A WOMAN MAY WRITE HER OWN GET AND A MAN HIS OWN RECEIPT [FOR THE <i>KETHUBAH</i>], SINCE THE DOCUMENT IS MADE EFFECTIVE ONLY BY THE SIGNATURES ATTACHED TO IT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'by them that sign it'. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. [How can a deaf-mute etc. be qualified to write] seeing that they do not understand<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'not men of knowledge'. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> [what they are doing and therefore will not write with special reference to the woman in question]? — Said R. Huna:
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