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דתנאי ומעשה בדבר אחד! אלא אמר רב אדא בר אהבה: משום דתנאי ומעשה בדבר אחד.
where the condition and the action are about the same matter, the giving of the bill of divorce. Accordingly, the condition would not be valid even if one were to disregard the concern of the action preceding the condition. Rather, Rav Adda bar Ahava said that this condition is void because the condition and the action are about the same matter, and therefore the bill of divorce is valid even without fulfillment of the condition.
רב אשי אמר: הא מני – רבי היא, דאמר רב הונא אמר רב: כל האומר ״על מנת״ כאומר ״מעכשיו״ דמי.
Rav Ashi said: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi, as Rav Huna says that Rav says: Anyone who states a condition employing the language: On the condition, is like one who states: The agreement will take effect retroactively from now, even though the condition is fulfilled only later on. Consequently, the bill of divorce is effective immediately, even if the woman will later be required to return the document itself to him.
אתקין שמואל בגיטא דשכיב מרע: ״אם לא מתי לא יהא גט, ואם מתי יהא גט״.
§ With regard to conditions in a bill of divorce, Shmuel instituted that in a bill of divorce of a person on his deathbed the following expression should be written: If I do not die this will not be a valid bill of divorce, and if I die it will be a valid bill of divorce.
ולימא: ״אם מתי יהא גט, ואם לא מתי לא יהא גט״! לא מקדים איניש פורענותא לנפשיה.
The Talmud asks about the wording used here: But let us say this statement in a more intuitive order: If I die it will be a valid bill of divorce, and if I do not die this will not be a valid bill of divorce. The Talmud explains: A person does not hasten a calamity upon himself. Consequently, he does not wish to mention his death first.