Commentary for Yevamot 233:6

איבעיא להו התירוני להנשא ותנו לי כתובתי מהו כיון דאמרה כתובתה אדעתא דכתובה אתאי או דלמא כל מילי דאית ליה לאיניש אמר להו לבי דינא ואת"ל כל מילי דאית ליה לאיניש אמר תנו לי כתובתי והתירוני להנשא מהו

WHEREIN LIES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN [THE ADMISSIBILITY OF] A LETTER OF DIVORCE AND [THAT OF THE EVIDENCE OF] DEATH?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., why are the relatives mentioned accepted as qualified bearers of her letter of divorce, (v. Git, 23b) and not as eligible witnesses to testify to the death of her husband? ');">¹⁹</span> IN THAT THE WRITTEN DOCUMENT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The letter of divorce, ');">²⁰</span> PROVIDES THE PROOF.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is mainly the document itself that constitutes the validity of the divorce and not the eligibility of its bearer. ');">²¹</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. The question was raised: What [is the law in regard to the eligibility<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To give evidence that her husband was dead, ');">²²</span>

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