Responsa for Gittin 145:4
ומי איכא מידי דמדאורייתא לא הוי גיטא ומשום גזירה שרינן אשת איש לעלמא
as they were afraid it might lead people to think that a Get could be given after death.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When they see a Get which would become void if he recovered taking effect after his death if he does not recover. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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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