Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Gittin 3:6

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מ"ט רבה אמר

TO ANOTHER. R. JUDAH SAYS: [FOREIGN PARTS EXTEND] FROM REKEM EASTWARDS, REKEM BEING INCLUDED; FROM ASKELON SOUTHWARDS, ASKELON INCLUDED; AND FROM ACCO<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The modern Acre. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> NORTHWARDS, ACCO INCLUDED. R. MEIR, [HOWEVER,] HELD THAT ACCO COUNTS AS ERETZ ISRAEL IN THE MATTER OF BILLS OF DIVORCE. THE BEARER OF A BILL OF DIVORCE [FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER] IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS NOT REQUIRED TO DECLARE, 'IN MY PRESENCE IT WAS WRITTEN AND IN MY PRESENCE IT WAS SIGNED;' IF ITS VALIDITY IS CHALLENGED IT MUST BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE SIGNATURES.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., by bringing proof that the signatures are authentic. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. What is the reason [for this requirement]? Rabbah Says:

Sefer HaChinukh

And the witnesses sign below. And the people have become accustomed to writing it with twelve rows, like the number [of the numerical equivalent of the letters in the word,] get (Tosafot on Gittin 2a:1, s.v. hamevi). And we only write, 'like the law of Moshe and Israel' on the last line.
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