Reference for Gittin 142:17
ועוד מי מודה רבי יוסי באומר אמרו והתנן כתב סופר ועד כשר ואמר רבי ירמיה חתם סופר שנינו ואמר רב חסדא מתני' מני
If that is the case, it should say, 'he must say, Give'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Instead of 'write'. And there is no need to mention the case of his telling the scribe personally. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> — In fact the case here is one in which he did not tell three persons.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And if he told only two, even if he used the word 'give', they would not be at liberty to tell a scribe. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> If that is the case, it should say, 'He must tell three'? — Hence the whole follows R. Jose, and the case here is one in which he did not say, 'Tell'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., tell the scribe to write etc. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> If that is the case, it should say, 'He must say, Tell'? And besides, does R. Jose admit that the Get is valid where he says 'tell'? Have We not learnt: 'If a scribe wrote and a witness signed, it is valid', and R. Jeremiah explained that what is meant is that the scribe [also] signed, and R. Hisda said, Whom does this Mishnah follow?
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