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Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 4, 5If husband is moribund or older than 80, does he have presumptive status that he might die before get is delivered? What is a conditional bill of divorce and when is it given? Is wife …
Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 3If you find a get, should you return it? What is relevance of where it is found, i.e. in a place of caravans? Do you return a promissory note? What is relevance of whether document is …
Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 2How far and for what reason does the decree extend that the STANDARD part of a get and certain financial documents may be written in advance by a scribe, but the essential part must be left …
Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 1A get written for a different woman is not valid, but does it disqualify her from marrying a priest? What if man writes get with a blank space for wife’s name because not sure yet which …
Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 7, Chapter 3, Mishna 1Can a woman be he own agent of delivery for her divorce? In what situation would that even be possible? Why does open-ended agency not work? How do we know that a …
Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 5, 6, 7WHat is the “essential” element of a get (bill of divorce)? Who may serve as an agent of delivery for a get, and who may not? May blind people serve in this capacity? What …
Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 4, 5May we write a get on the leaf of a plant in a perforated pot? If a perforated pot sits inside Israel, but its branches grow over the border and produce fruit there, what law …
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