Jedes Get, das nicht speziell für diese Frau geschrieben wurde, ist ungültig. Wie? Wenn er durch den Markt ging und die Stimmen von Schriftgelehrten hörte, die [zu ihren Lehrlingen riefen: Wenn jemand kommt, um etwas zu holen, schreiben Sie es so:] "Dieser und dieser Mann scheidet diese und diese Frau von diesem und diesem Ort" und Er sagte: "Das ist mein Name und das ist der Name meiner Frau." Es ist als Scheidung ungültig. Noch mehr: Wenn er es schrieb, um sich von seiner Frau scheiden zu lassen [dh, ist nicht nur ein Get nicht für die Scheidung geschrieben, sondern für die Praxis ungültig; aber auch einer, der wegen Scheidung geschrieben wurde], wenn er es sich anders überlegte und einer seiner Stadtbewohner es fand und sagte: "Mein Name ist der gleiche wie dein und der Name meiner Frau der gleiche wie der Name deiner Frau." es ist als Scheidung ungültig. Noch mehr, wenn er zwei Frauen mit dem gleichen Namen hatte und es schrieb, um sich vom Ältesten scheiden zu lassen, darf er sich nicht von dem Jüngeren scheiden lassen. [Es ist nicht nur ungültig, wenn es nicht wegen der Scheidung dieses Mannes geschrieben wurde, sondern selbst wenn man zwei Frauen hatte, in welchem Fall es wegen der Scheidung dieses Mannes geschrieben wurde, ist es ungültig, da es war nicht für die Scheidung dieser bestimmten Frau geschrieben. (älter, jünger :) nicht unbedingt.] Noch mehr, wenn er zu dem Schreiber sagte: "Schreiben Sie es für mich, um mich von der Frau, die ich wähle, scheiden zu lassen", ist es als Scheidung ungültig. [Hiermit wird uns mitgeteilt, dass wir nicht sagen, dass rückwirkend festgestellt wird, dass er, als er es schrieb, auch diese Frau beabsichtigte, so dass es eine (echte) Scheidung zwischen ihm und ihr gibt .]
Bartenura on Mishnah Gittin
כל גט – קול סופרים מקרין – The adults read [the Jewish bill of divorce] to their students, and when the Jewish bill of divorce comes before you, write it as such, and they mentioned the name of any person.
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Introduction
This mishnah teaches that a get must be written with the express intention to divorce the specific woman to whom it will eventually be given. This rule is derived from a midrash on Deuteronomy 24:1, “And he writes for her”. The words “for her” are interpreted to mean that the get must be written specifically for her. Our mishnah will illustrate this principle.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Gittin
יותר מכן – and not only this – that the Jewish bill of divorce that was not written for the sake of Jewish divorce but only for practice (see Gittin 24b), but even that which was written for the sake of Jewish divorce completely, but he [i.e., the husband], changed his mind, it is invalid.
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Any get which is not written [expressly] for the woman [for whom it is intended] is invalid. How is this so? This mishnah introduces the halakhah mentioned in the introduction, according to which a get must be expressly written for the woman who will be divorced with it. The rest of this mishnah will illustrate this principle.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Gittin
יתר מכאן היו לו ב' נשים כו' – and not only this alone that it (i.e., the Jewish bill of divorce) was written not for the sake of divorce of this person, it is invalid. But even if he had two wives and it was written for the sake of [the] divorce of this man, it is invalid, since it was not written for the sake of divorce of that woman.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Gittin
If a man was passing through the street and heard the voice of a scribe dictating “So-and-so divorces so-and-so from such and such a place” and he says “that is my name and that is the name of my wife”, it is not a valid [document] with which to divorce his wife. In this scenario, a scribe was teaching his students to practice writing divorce documents. These documents were probably always written by scribes, as they require great skill and precision. A man walking by heard the scribe and noticed that the names being used matched those of his and his wife. It dawned on him, wow, I could use this to divorce my wife (I believe that this is intentionally humorous, so you are permitted to chuckle.) The document was only for practice and was not written to be used at all, and therefore certainly cannot be considered as having been written for a specific woman.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Gittin
גדולה וקטנה – not exactly.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Gittin
Moreover: if he wrote [a get] with which to divorce his wife and changed his mind and a person found him and said to him, “My name is the same as yours and my wife’s name the same as your wife's”, it is not a valid [document with which the second] may divorce his wife. In this case, the document was written to be used to divorce, but not to be used by this husband to divorce this wife, but rather for different people who happen to have the same name. Since it was not written for this man’s wife, he may not use it, even though the names are appropriate.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Gittin
יתר מכאן – it comes to teach us that we do not say that the matter is clear retroactively, for at the time it is written, it was also his intention for this one, and there is a divorce for him and her.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Gittin
Moreover: if he had two wives with the same name and wrote a get with which to divorce the elder, he may not use it to divorce the younger. In this case, the correct husband wrote the get, but he wrote it with the intention to divorce one of his wives and now he wants to divorce the other. Since the get was not written to be given to the younger wife, he may not use it to divorce her. As an aside, you can imagine how interesting family life must have been for the family in which a husband married to two women with the same name! If you think Jacob had problems with Leah and Rachel, think of this family. (Again, I think this is supposed to make you crack a smile, so feel free).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Gittin
Moreover: if he said to the scribe, “Write [a get] and I will divorce whichever I choose,” it is not a valid [document] with which to divorce his wife. Finally, a husband cannot tell a scribe to write out a get, leave the name of the woman blank, and then the husband will later decide which wife he wishes to divorce. In this case, the “correct” husband wrote the get, and he did not actively intend to give it to a different wife. Nevertheless, the positive intention to give it to a specific wife is lacking and hence the get is invalid.
