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17 IF A MAN SAYS, GIVE THIS GET TO MY WIFE IN SUCH-AND-SUCH A PLACE AND HE GIVES IT TO HER IN AN OTHER PLACE, [THE GET IS] INVALID.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the reason, v. infra. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> [IF HE SAYS,] SHE IS IN SUCH-AND-SUCH A PLACE, AND HE GIVES IT TO HER IN ANOTHER PLACE, [IT IS] VALID. IF A WOMAN SAYS, RECEIVE MY GET IN SUCH-AND-SUCH A PLACE AND HE RECEIVES IT FOR HER IN ANOTHER PLACE, [IT IS] INVALID. R. ELEAZAR,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. R. Eliezer. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> HOWEVER, DECLARES IT VALID. [IF HE SAYS,] BRING ME MY GET FROM SUCH-AND-SUCH A PLACE AND HE BRINGS IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, [IT IS] VALID. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Why does R. Eleazar make a distinction between the first ruling,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That if the husband told him to give the Get in one place and he gave it in another, it is invalid. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> which he does not dispute and the second ruling, which he does dispute? — The husband who divorces of his own free will, [when he specifies the place] is particular;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because he does not want himself to be talked about in another place. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> the wife, who is divorced willy-nilly, [when she specifies the place] is merely giving a direction.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And similarly if the husband says, She is in such-and-such a place. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. [IF A WOMAN SAYS TO AN AGENT], BRING ME MY GET, SHE MAY EAT <i>TERUMAH</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. If she is the wife of a priest. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> TILL THE GET REACHES HER HAND. [IF, HOWEVER, SHE SAYS,] RECEIVE FOR ME MY GET, SHE IS FORBIDDEN TO EAT <i>TERUMAH</i> IMMEDIATELY.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the Get becomes effective as soon as it reaches his hand, and he may meet the husband soon after he leaves her. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> [IF SHE SAYS,] RECEIVE FOR ME MY GET IN SUCH-AND-SUCH A PLACE, SHE CAN EAT <i>TERUMAH</i> TILL THE GET REACHES THAT PLACE. R. ELEAZAR<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. R. Eliezer. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> SAYS THAT SHE IS FORBIDDEN IMMEDIATELY. GEMARA [Although he receives the Get in another place] nevertheless [you say here] that it is a Get, whereas previously<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the preceding Mishnah. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> it was stated that it would not be a Get?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to the Rabbis. ');"><sup>25</sup></span> — This ruling applies to a case where, for instance, she said, Receive my Get for me in Matha Mehasia,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A suburb of Sura. ');"><sup>26</sup></span> but sometimes you may find him in Babylon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the neighbourhood of Sura, v. supra p. 17, n. 3. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> What she means therefore is, Take it from him wherever you find him,