Bava Batra 160A

גט פשוט ⁠– עדיו מתוכו. מקושר ⁠– עדיו מאחוריו.

Mishnah: In an ordinary document, its witnesses are to sign inside it, i.e., on the written side of the paper. In a folded and tied document, its witnesses are to sign on the back of it.

פשוט ⁠– שכתבו עדיו מאחוריו, מקושר ⁠– שכתבו עדיו מתוכו, שניהם פסולין. רבי חנינא בן גמליאל אומר: מקושר שכתבו עדיו מתוכו ⁠– כשר, מפני שיכול לעשותו פשוט. רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר: הכל כמנהג המדינה.

With regard to an ordinary document whose witnesses wrote their signatures on the back of it, and a tied document whose witnesses wrote their signatures inside of it, both of these are not valid. R' Ḥanina ben Gamliel says: A tied document whose witnesses wrote their signatures inside of it is valid, because one can transform it into an ordinary document by untying it. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Everything is in accordance with regional custom.

גט פשוט ⁠– עדיו בשנים, ומקושר ⁠– בשלשה. פשוט שכתב בו עד אחד, ומקושר שכתב בו שני עדים ⁠– שניהם פסולין.

An ordinary document is rendered valid by its having at least two witnesses, and a tied document is rendered valid by its having at least 3 witnesses. With regard to an ordinary document in which a single witness wrote his signature, and a tied document in which only two witnesses wrote their signatures, they are both not valid.

גמ׳ מנהני מילי? אמר רבי חנינא, דאמר קרא: ״שדות בכסף יקנו, וכתוב בספר וחתום, והעד עדים״. ״שדות בכסף יקנו וכתוב בספר״⁠ –

Talmud: The Talmud asks: From where are these matters derived? What biblical basis is there for the existence of these two types of documents? R' Ḥanina says: As the verse states: “They should buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses” (Jeremiah 32:44). When the verse states: “They should buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds,”