אפילו קן קולמוסא וקן מגילתא.
Even if he heard the sound of the quill [kulmusa] and the sound of the scroll when the scribe was writing the bill of divorce for the sake of that woman, this is sufficient.
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אפילו קן קולמוסא וקן מגילתא.
Even if he heard the sound of the quill [kulmusa] and the sound of the scroll when the scribe was writing the bill of divorce for the sake of that woman, this is sufficient.
תניא כוותיה דרב אשי: המביא גט ממדינת הים – אפילו הוא בבית וסופר בעלייה, הוא בעלייה וסופר בבית – אפילו נכנס ויוצא כל היום כולו, כשר.
It is taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rav Ashi: With regard to one who brings a bill of divorce from a country overseas, even if he was in the house but the scribe was in the loft writing the bill of divorce, or if he was in the loft and the scribe was in the house writing the bill of divorce, and even if he was entering and exiting the entire day the bill of divorce is valid and he can testify that it was written properly.
הוא בבית וסופר בעלייה?! הא לא קא חזי ליה! אלא לאו כגון דשמע קן קולמוסא וקן מגילתא.
The Talmud notes: If he was in the house and the scribe was in the loft, he does not see him at all. Rather, is it not correct to say that the baraita is speaking about a case where he heard the sound of the quill and the sound of the scroll? This is a proof which supports the statement of Rav Ashi.
אמר מר: אפילו נכנס ויוצא כל היום כולו – כשר. מאן? אילימא שליח, השתא הוא בבית וסופר בעלייה, דלא חזי ליה – אמרת כשר, נכנס ויוצא מיבעיא?! אלא סופר? פשיטא! משום דנכנס ויוצא נפסליניה?!
The Master said above, in the baraita: Even if he was entering and exiting the entire day, the bill of divorce is valid. The Talmud asks: Who is the one entering and exiting? If we say that this is referring to the agent, who is required to later testify about the bill of divorce, now that in the case where he was in the house and the scribe was in the loft, when the agent does not see the scribe at all and nevertheless you said that the bill of divorce is valid, is it necessary to say that it is valid when he was entering and exiting the place where the bill of divorce was written? Rather, perhaps this is referring to the scribe himself, i.e., he enters and exits all day and does not write the bill of divorce in one uninterrupted act. The Talmud asks: This halakha is obvious, as would we render the bill of divorce invalid merely because he was entering and exiting?
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