Responsa for Gittin 145:2
שמעת מינה שכיב מרע שניתק מחולי לחולי מתנתו מתנה אין דאמר רבי אלעזר משמיה דרב שכיב מרע שניתק מחולי לחולי מתנתו מתנה
Are we to understand from this that the gift of a sick person who passes from one illness to another [and dies] is valid? — Yes, since R. Eleazar has said in the name of Rab, The gift of a sick person who passes from one illness into another is valid.
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A, who fell sick, gave a bill of divorce to his wife on the condition that it be valid from the time of its delivery if he should die as a result of that sickness. A died as a result of that sickness and the people did not allow his wife to touch him, weep over him, or even walk after his hearse, claiming that such action on her part would invalidate her divorce.
A. The people were wrong. It is not within the province of a wife to invalidate her divorce.
SOURCES: Pr. 857; Mordecai Hagadol, p. 230c.
A. The people were wrong. It is not within the province of a wife to invalidate her divorce.
SOURCES: Pr. 857; Mordecai Hagadol, p. 230c.
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