Commentary for Yevamot 226:3

ואי אמרת עתים חלים ועתים שוטה קדושי מצי מקדש גרושי לא מצי מגרש מאי תיקו:

If you grant that his mind is always in the same condition,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Either always clear or always not clear. ');">⁶</span> his divorce [would have the same validity] as his betrothal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since his mental powers do not change, he is as capable of giving divorce as contracting a marriage. He was either capable of both transactions or of neither. ');">⁷</span> If, however, you contend that sometimes he is in a normal state<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'sound'. ');">³</span>

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