Gittin 63B

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מאי, לאו ב״הילך״⁠ – ורבי נתן? לא; ב״הולך״⁠ – ורבי.

What, is the reference in the Mishnah not to a case where the husband said to the agent: Here you are, and it is in accordance with the opinion of R' Natan, who apparently holds that if the husband says: Here you are, it is not comparable to a case where the husband said: Acquire? The Talmud rejects this: No, the reference in the Mishnah is to a case where the husband said to the agent: Deliver, and it is the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi that even in that case the husband cannot retract his decision.

תא שמע: לפיכך, אם אמר לו הבעל: ״אי אפשי שתקבל לה, אלא הולך ותן לה״, רצה לחזור ⁠– יחזור. טעמא דאמר: ״אי אפשי״; הא לא אמר: ״אי אפשי״, רצה לחזור ⁠– לא יחזור;

The Talmud states: Come and hear an additional proof from the Mishnah. Therefore, if the husband said to the woman’s agent of receipt: I do not want you to receive the bill of divorce for her; rather, deliver and give it to her, then if the husband seeks to retract his designation, he can retract it until it reaches his wife’s possession. The Talmud infers: The reason that he can retract his designation is due to the fact that he said: I do not want, thereby canceling the agent’s status as an agent of receipt. However, if he did not say: I do not want, but he said: Deliver this bill of divorce, then if the husband seeks to retract his decision he cannot retract it.

מאי, לאו ב״הילך״⁠ – ורבי נתן? לא; ב״הולך״⁠ – ורבי.

What, is the reference in the Mishnah not to a case where the husband said to the agent: Here you are, and it is in accordance with the opinion of R' Natan, who apparently holds that the husband’s saying: Here you are, is not comparable to his saying: Acquire? The Talmud rejects this: No, the reference in the Mishnah is to a case where the husband said to the agent: Deliver, and it is the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi.

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