Commentary for Gittin 65:8
ת"ר בטלו מבוטל דברי רבי רשב"ג אומר אינו יכול לא לבטלו ולא להוסיף על תנאו שא"כ מה כח ב"ד יפה
'Resh Lakish said to prevent wife-desertion,' for he again held with R. Shesheth who said [that he has to cancel it] before [a <i>Beth din</i> of] three. The proceedings of three are generally known, so she hearing and knowing [that the Get was cancelled] would remain unmarried, and we have therefore to save her from being a deserted wife.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the enactment of R. Gamaliel the Elder. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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