Jewish%20thought for Gittin 146:16

תנו רבנן ימים שבינתים בעלה זכאי במציאתה ובמעשה ידיה ובהפרת נדריה ויורשה

Is it not an established maxim that there is no Get after death? — Rabbah replied: We presume that what he said to her was, [This will be a Get] from the time that I am still in the world.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which denoted the period immediately preceding his death. R. Judah being of the opinion that the Get comes into force only at the moment before his death, whereas according to R. Jose the Get is in doubtful operation all the time as every moment from the time of delivery may be deemed as the possible moment before his death. Tosaf. suggests a slight change in reading, according to which the rendering would be: '(When he says, " from="" to-day="" if="" i="" die",="" this="" is="" equivalent="" to="" saying)="" the="" time="" that="" am="" in="" next="" world'.'="" according="" rabbah="" dispute="" of="" r.="" judah="" and="" jose="" not="" concerned="" with="" opening="" case="" when="" he="" said="" 'from="" now="" die',="" where="" all="" would="" agree="" get="" becomes="" retrospectively="" valid="" at="" his="" death.="" ');"="">¹⁵</span> Our Rabbis taught: In the days between,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The giving of the Get and his death. ');">¹⁶</span> her husband is entitled to her finds and the product of her labour, he can annul her vows, he inherits her,

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