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ואי עבדת – אהנית. מאי ״אי עבדת אהנית״? דאי אתי בעל מערער, לא משגחינן ביה.
But if you do this then you provide benefit. The Talmud asks: What is the meaning of the expression: If you do this you provide benefit? This means that if the husband comes to contest the validity of the bill of divorce, we pay no attention to him and his claim.
כדתניא: מעשה באדם אחד שהביא גט לפני רבי ישמעאל, אמר לו: צריך אני לומר ״בפני נכתב ובפני נחתם״, או איני צריך? אמר לו: בני, מהיכן אתה? אמר לו: רבי, מכפר סיסאי אני. אמר לו: צריך אתה לומר ״בפני נכתב ובפני נחתם״, שלא תיזקק לעדים.
As it is taught in the Tosefta (1:3): An incident occurred involving a man who brought a bill of divorce before R' Yishmael, and said to him: Am I required to say: It was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence, or am I not required to state that declaration? R' Yishmael said to him: My son, where are you from? He said to R' Yishmael: my teacher! I am from the village of Sisai. R' Yishmael said to him: You are required to say: It was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence, so that you will not cause the woman to need to find witnesses if the husband contests its validity.
לאחר שיצא, נכנס לפניו רבי אלעאי, אמר לו: רבי, והלא כפר סיסאי מובלעת בתחום ארץ ישראל, וקרובה לציפורי יותר מעכו; ותנן, רבי מאיר אומר: עכו – כארץ ישראל לגיטין, ואפילו רבנן לא פליגי עליה דרבי מאיר אלא בעכו דמרחקא, אבל כפר סיסאי דמקרבא – לא!
After that man left, R' Elai entered before R' Yishmael and said to him: my teacher! but isn’t the village of Sisai located within the boundary of Eretz Yisrael, and it is even closer to Tzippori, which is within the main portion of Eretz Yisrael, more so than Akko. And we learned in the Mishnah that R' Meir says: Akko is like Eretz Yisrael with regard to bills of divorce. And even the Rabbis disagree with R' Meir only with regard to Akko, which is distant. However, with regard to the village of Sisai, which is close, no, they do not dispute the ruling of R' Meir.