Commentary for Gittin 55:10

רמי ליה אביי לרבה תנן המביא גט והניחו זקן או חולה נותן לה בחזקת שהוא קיים ורמינהו הרי זה גיטך שעה אחת קודם למיתתו אסורה לאכול בתרומה מיד

and of a man who is just ill, because most invalids recover, but not if he has attained 'years of strength' or was in a dying condition, because most persons in a dying condition die. Against this [opinion] Abaye raised the following objection: 'If when the bearer left the husband was old, even a hundred years old, he yet gives it to the wife on the presumption that he is alive.' This is a refutation. I might, however, still answer that if a man reaches such an age he is altogether exceptional.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And may go on living. ');">⁹</span>

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