Gittin 28A

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או שמצאו בין כליו; אפילו לזמן מרובה ⁠– כשר.

or in a case where he found it among his utensils in his house, then even if a long time passed, the bill of divorce is valid.

איתמר: רב יהודה אמר שמואל, הלכה: שלא שהה אדם שם. רבה בר בר חנה אמר רב יצחק בר שמואל, הלכה: שלא עבר אדם שם.

It was stated that the amora’im disagreed with regard to the halakha in this dispute: Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: The halakha is that the bill of divorce is valid as long as no person stopped there. Rabba bar bar Ḥana says that Rav Yitzḥak bar Shmuel says: The halakha is that the bill of divorce is valid as long as no other person passed there.

לימא מר הלכה כמר, ומר הלכה כמר! משום דאפכי להו.

The Talmud asks: Why is it necessary to state the actual opinion? Let this Sage, Rav Yehuda citing Shmuel, say that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of this Sage, the opinion cited as: Some say; and let this Sage, Rabba bar bar Ḥana citing Rav Yitzḥak bar Shmuel, say that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of this Sage, R' Shimon ben Elazar. The Talmud answers: Because there are those who reverse the opinions of the tanna’im, they needed to state the opinions explicitly so that there would be no mistake with regard to the halakha.

מצאו בחפיסה או בדלוסקמא: מאי ״חפיסה״? אמר רבה בר בר חנה: חמת קטנה. מאי ״דלוסקמא״? טליקא דסבי.

§ The Mishnah teaches that if one found the bill of divorce in a ḥafisa or in a deluskema, then it is valid. The Talmud asks: What is the meaning of the word ḥafisa? Rabba bar bar Ḥana says: It is a small flask. What is the meaning of deluskema? It is a purse [telika] of the elderly.

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