Reference for Gittin 17:8
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> המביא גט ממדינת הים ואינו יכול לומר בפ"נ ובפ"נ אם יש עליו עדים יתקיים בחותמיו
— In fact, said R. Ashi, [R. Nahman's reason] in the former case [where he said that in practice R. Meir was to be followed] was because the document did not expressly sever the connection between the slave and his master,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the grant of the slave's freedom was not specifically mentioned in the document, and we require such severance, because a Get of emancipation is on the same footing as a Get of divorce, which is termed in the Scripture 'a document of severance' or 'cutting off' (Deut. XXIV, 1). ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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