Commentary for Yevamot 226:7

ותנא דבי רבי ישמעאל (דברים כד, א) ושלחה מביתו מי שמשלחה ואינה חוזרת יצתה זו שמשלחה וחוזרת

is excluded since she returns even if he sends her out! — This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The statement of R. Isaac concerning the imbecile. ');">¹⁶</span> was necessary<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'not required (but)'. ');">¹⁷</span> in respect of one who is capable of preserving her letter of divorce but is unable to take proper care of herself. Hence, in accordance with the word of the Torah, such an imbecile may well be divorced for, surely, she is capable of preserving her letter of divorce; the Rabbis, however, ruled that she shall not be dismissed in order that people might not treat her as a piece of ownerless property.

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