Responsa for Gittin 145:6
א"ל רבינא לרב אשי תינח דקדיש בכספא קדיש בביאה מאי איכא למימר א"ל שויוה רבנן לבעילתו בעילת זנות
we should, for fear [of misleading people], declare it effective for making a married woman marriageable? — Yes; whoever betroths a woman does so on the conditions laid down by the Rabbis, and the Rabbis have nullified the betrothal of such a one.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By means of this Get. ');"><sup>5</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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