Commentary for Yevamot 243:14
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> וסבר רבי עקיבא ע"פ אשה לא והתניא רבי שמעון בן אלעזר אומר משום רבי עקיבא אשה נאמנת להביא גיטה מק"ו ומה נשים שאמרו חכמים אין נאמנות לומר מת בעלה נאמנות להביא גיטיהן זו שנאמנת לומר מת בעלה אינו דין שנאמנת להביא גיטה
<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Is R. Akiba then<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As is evident from the final clause of our Mishnah. ');"><sup>51</sup></span> of the opinion that on the evidence of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'by the mouth of'. ');"><sup>50</sup></span> a woman,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. p. 866, n. 11. ');"><sup>52</sup></span> [a wife is] not [permitted to marry again]? Surely, It was taught: R. Simeon b. Eleazar stated in the name of R. Akiba, '[That] a woman is eligible<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'believed'. ');"><sup>53</sup></span> to bring her own letter of divorce<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From a foreign country, though she, like any other messenger who brings a letter of divorce from foreign parts, would have to make the declaration that the document was written and signed in her presence. ');"><sup>54</sup></span>
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