Commentary for Yevamot 231:9

וליהמנה מדרב המנונא דאמר רב המנונא אשה שאמרה לבעלה גירשתני נאמנת חזקה אין אשה מעיזה פניה בפני בעלה

write [in any deed] 'At Shili', although the instructions were given to you at Hini,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The place name entered in a legal document is not that of the locality where the transaction which it records took place or the instructions concerning its writing were given, but that of the locality where the document was written. ');">²⁴</span> and when you are at Hini,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shili and Hini were situated near each other (cf. Bezah 25b) on the South of Sura; v. B.B., Sonc. ed., p. 753' n. 6. ');">²³</span> write, 'At Hini', although the instructions Were given to you at Shili.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which proves that it was customary for scribes to write legal documents in one place for people who gave them the necessary instruction in another. ');">²⁵</span>

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