Commentary for Ketubot 5:8

אין גט לאחר מיתה הא תנא ליה רישא דלמא לאפוקי מדרבותינו

Indeed I might say that if he became sick there would be no divorce either, and [the Mishnah] teaches us this that there is no divorce after death. Perhaps [that is] to exclude from that of our teachers.

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