Commentary for Kiddushin 10:15

וכן בגירושין נתן לה ואמר לה הרי את משולחת הרי את מגורשת הרי את מותרת לכל אדם הרי זו מגורשת איני אישך איני בעליך איני ארוסיך אין כאן בית מיחוש

[But if he declares,] 'I am not thy husband,' 'I am not thy master,' 'I am not thy arus, there are no grounds for fear.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The divorce is definitely invalid.');">¹⁹</span> R'Papa said to Abaye: Shall we say that in Samuel's opinion inexplicit abbreviations are [valid] abbreviations?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'handles'. In the above, the formulas are abbreviations, since he declares 'Behold, thou art betrothed,' omitting 'unto me. Moreover, their purport is not explicit and beyond doubt, for he may have been speaking and acting on another man's behalf, yet Samuel rules that since he was the speaker, she is betrothed to him, thus shewing that he holds these to be valid.');">²⁰</span>

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