Commentary for Yevamot 49:13

והאמר רב יוסף פלוני רבעני לאונסי הוא ואחר מצטרפין להרגו לרצוני רשע הוא והתורה אמרה (שמות כג, א) אל תשת ידך עם רשע להיות עד חמס

THE WOMAN MAY MARRY AGAIN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is explained infra. ');">³⁹</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. The reason then<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why the man who brings the letter of divorce may not marry the divorcer's wife. ');">⁴⁰</span> is because he came FROM A COUNTRY BEYOND THE SEA, in which case we have to entirely upon him;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The divorce not being valid unless the carrier of the letter of divorce can testify that it was written and signed in his presence. (V. Git. 20). ');">⁴¹</span> but [had he come] from the Land of Israel, in which case we need not depend upon him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Reliance being placed on the qualified scribes of Palestine, there is no need for the carrier of a letter of divorce to declare that he witnessed the writing and the signing of it. ');">⁴²</span>

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