1)

IMPROPER GITIN [line 4]

(a)

If the scribe changed his or her name, or the name of his or her city, all these penalties apply.

(b)

A man died without children. One of his wives (Leah) was Ervah (a close relative) to the Yavam, which exempts herself and all Tzaros (co-wives) from Yibum and Chalitzah. If Sarah (a Tzarah) remarried, and then we learned that Leah is an Ailonis (so she was never really married, and Sarah was forbidden to remarry without Chalitzah), all of the above fines apply to Sarah. (Fines that pertain to the first husband, e.g. she may not be married to him, apply to the Yavam.)

(c)

A man died without children. One of the widows (Leah) did Yibum. (This exempts the other Tzaros from Yibum and Chalitzah.) If Sarah (a Tzarah) remarried, and then we learned that Leah is an Ailonis (so the Yibum was Pasul, and Sarah was forbidden to remarry without Chalitzah), all of the above fines apply to Sarah.

(d)

A scribe wrote a Get for a man and a receipt (saying that the Kesuvah has been paid) for his wife. The man divorced his wife and took the receipt; she remarried. Later, he finds that he has the Get, and she has the receipt. We realize that the scribe gave the wrong document to each party, so she was never divorced! All the above fines apply;

(e)

R. Eliezer says, this is only if the mistake is realized immediately. If not, the man is not believed to forbid her to her second husband.

(f)

(Gemara): 'An improper kingdom' refers to Rome;

1.

It is called 'improper' because it does not have its own alphabet or language.

2)

R. MEIR'S OPINION ABOUT GITIN [line 20]

(a)

(Ula): It was enacted to date a Get according to the kingdom for the sake of Shalom with the king.

(b)

Question: If that is the reason, if this was not done, why must she leave her new husband and the children be Mamzerim?!

(c)

Answer: Yes! This is R. Meir's opinion;

1.

(Rav Hamnuna): R. Meir holds that any deviation from the enactments of Chachamim in Gitin disqualifies the Get, and the children (from the new husband) are Mamzerim.

(d)

(Mishnah): If it was dated according to the kingdom of Yavan...

(e)

It was necessary to teach the different cases.

1.

Had it taught only about Rome, one might have thought that other kings resent a Get dated according to Rome because the Romans currently rule;

i.

This would not apply to Yavan or the Medes.

2.

Had it taught only about Yavan, one might have thought that other kings resent such a Get because Yavan once ruled;

i.

This would not apply to the building of the Beis ha'Mikdash.

3.

Had it taught only about the building of the Beis ha'Mikdash was taught, one might have thought that other kings resent this because we mention our praise;

i.

This would not apply to the destruction of the Beis ha'Mikdash, for this is our sorrow;

4.

The Mishnah teaches that this is not so. The Get is Pasul in all these cases.

(f)

(Mishnah): He was in the east, but the Get says 'in the west,'

(g)

Question: Who was in the east?

1.

Suggestion: The husband was in the east.

2.

Rejection: The next clause teaches this - 'the name of the husband or wife, or the name of his or her city was changed'!

(h)

Answer: Rather, the scribe was in the east.

1.

Rav Huna would tell scribes to write the location they are in, not where they were commanded to write the Get.

(i)

(Rav Yehudah): Our Mishnah is like R. Meir (who is concerned for Shalom with the kingdom). Chachamim say, even if the Get was dated according to a minor city official (who keeps track of boundaries of people's inheritances), she is divorced.

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(j)

Question (Rav Nachman bar Rav Chisda): If a Get was dated according to a servant of the king in Buscar, what is the law?

(k)

Answer (Rabah): Even R. Meir admits that in such a case she is divorced, since the servant is part of the same kingdom.

(l)

Question: Why is this different than dating according to a minor city official?

(m)

Answer: There, it is a disgrace. Here, it honors the kingdom.

(n)

(R. Aba): Our Mishnah is like R. Meir. Chachamim say that the children are not Mamzerim;

1.

Chachamim admit to R. Meir that if the name of the husband or wife, or the name of his or her city was changed, the children are Mamzerim.

2.

Support (Rav Ashi - Mishnah): If the name of the husband or wife, or the name of his or her city was changed, all the fines apply.

3.

Question: Who taught this clause?

i.

If R. Meir taught it, he should have taught it together with the previous case (since the law is the same)!

4.

Answer: Rather, Chachamim taught it.

3)

THE OTHER FINES [line 16]

(a)

(Mishnah): If a man died without children (and Sarah remarried because Leah was Ervah to the Yavam, and Leah was found to be an Ailonis, all the fines apply).

(b)

Version #1 (Inference): The fines apply when Sarah remarried, but if she was Mezanah, she is not fined.

(c)

Suggestion: This refutes Rav Hamnuna!

1.

(Rav Hamnuna): If a Shomeres Yavam had Bi'ah with a stranger, she is forbidden to the Yavam.

(d)

Rejection: No, the fines apply whether she married or was Mezanah. The Tana discusses marriage, for this is nicer.

(e)

Version #2: The Mishnah discusses when Sarah remarried. The same applies if she was Mezanah.

(f)

Suggestion: This supports Rav Hamnuna.

1.

(Rav Hamnuna): If a Shomeres Yavam had Bi'ah with a stranger, she is forbidden to the Yavam.

(g)

Rejection: No, the fines apply only when she remarried, for then she could be confused with a woman who remarried after hearing (false testimony) that her husband died overseas. (end of Version #2)

(h)

(Mishnah): If Leah did Yibum (and Sarah remarried ...), all of the above fines apply to Sarah.

(i)

It was necessary to teach this case and the previous case.

1.

Had we taught only the first case, one might have thought that only there she is fined since Yibum was never done; but here Yibum was done, so she would not be fined;

2.

Had we taught only this case, one might have thought that only here she is fined because she knew that she fell to Yibum, but in the first case she thought that she was exempt from the moment her husband died, so she would not be fined.

(j)

(Mishnah): If the scribe erred... R. Eliezer says, if the mistake is realized immediately...

(k)

Question: What is considered immediately?

(l)

Answer #1 (Rav Yehudah citing Shmuel): The whole time they are involved in the divorce is called immediately. After they divert to another matter is considered 'later.'

(m)

Answer #2 (Rav Ada bar Ahavah): If she did not yet remarry, that is immediately. After remarriage is considered 'later'.

(n)

(Mishnah): He cannot forbid her to her second husband.

1.

This is like Rav Ada bar Ahavah. He is not believed only if she remarried.

2.

Question: According to Shmuel, her husband is not believed even if she did not remarry!

3.

Answer: The Mishnah means that he cannot uproot her permission to marry a second husband.