Commentary for Ketubot 5:9

ת"ש מעכשיו אם לא באתי מכאן ועד שנים עשר חדש ומת בתוך שנים עשר חדש הרי זה גט מאי לאו הוא הדין לחלה לא מת דוקא דלא ניחא ליה דתפול קמי יבם

Come and hear: “[This is your get] if from now if I have not come [back] from now [and] until twelve months,” and he died within the twelve months it is a divorce. Would not the same rule apply if he became ill? No, only if he died, because he did not want his wife to become subject to levirate marriage.

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