Gleiches gilt für Verlobung und das Gleiche gilt für eine Schuld. Wenn jemandes Gläubiger zu ihm sagte: "Wirf mir meine Schulden (dh was du mir schuldest), und er warf sie ihm zu—(falls es gelandet ist) in der Nähe des Gläubigers wird der Schuldner (von seiner Schuld) freigesprochen; in der Nähe des Schuldners haftet der Schuldner (dh bleibt); "halb und halb", teilen sie sich. [Die Gemara erklärt den Fall als einen, in dem er sagt: "Wirf mir meine Schulden innerhalb (des Rahmens) des Gesetzes von Gittin", so dass die Schulden den Status eines Get haben. Wenn der Schuldner es in die Nähe des Gläubigers warf und es verloren ging, wird der Schuldner freigesprochen und muss nicht bezahlen; Wenn er in der Nähe des Schuldners ist, haftet der Schuldner usw. Aber wenn er zu ihm sagte: "Wirf meine Schuld zu mir und werde von ihr freigesprochen", ist er unter allen Umständen befreit, sobald er sie ihm zuwirft. Wenn sie auf einem Dach stand und er es ihr zuwarf, sobald sie die "Atmosphäre" des Daches erreicht hat [weniger als drei Tefachim (Handbreiten) von seiner Oberfläche, wobei dieser Raum als Teil des Daches betrachtet wird], sie ist geschieden. Wenn er oben und sie unten war, sobald es die Domäne des Daches verlassen hat [dh wenn es die Domäne des Daches verlassen hat (auf der er stand) und in die Domäne eingetreten ist, in der sie stand], (sogar) wenn es wurde gelöscht oder verbrannt, sie ist geschieden. [Hier, wo das Werfen des Get in den Hof dem Ausbruch des Feuers im Hof vorausging. Denn wenn letzteres vorausging, dann geht das Get von Anfang an "ans Feuer", und sie ist nicht geschieden.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Gittin
אמר לו בעל חובו: זרוק לי חובי – In the Gemara we establish it for when the creditor says, throw me my debt (the monies owed by the debtor) in the [manner similar to the] nature of Jewish divorce, and since he [i.e., the creditor] said this to him [i.e., the borrower], this obligation of indebtedness has the same [format] as the law the law of Jewish divorce, for if the borrower threw it closer to the creditor, and it [became] lost , the borrower is acquitted and he is not liable to pay [again], but if it landed closer to the borrower, he is liable to pay. But if the creditor said to him: throw me my debt and it shall be dismissed, since he threw it to him in any matter, he is exempt.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Gittin
Introduction
The first section of the mishnah is a direct continuation of yesterday’s mishnah. It teaches that the laws concerning a husband throwing a get to his wife are the same as the laws of a man throwing betrothal money or a betrothal document to a woman or a borrower repaying his debt by throwing money at the creditor.
The second half of the mishnah deals with a husband who is on a roof and throws a get down to his wife or is below and she is on the roof and he throws the get up to her.
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לאויר הגג – wherever there is a gap of less than three handbreadths near the bottom of the roof, it isd considered a “Lavud” – the legal fiction of considering separated parts as united.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Gittin
Similarly with betrothals and similarly with a debt. If a man’s creditor said to him, “Throw me my debt”, and he threw it to him, if it lands nearer to the creditor, the borrower is credited [with paying back his debt]; if it lands nearer to the borrower, the borrower is still obligated [to repay the money]; if it lands midway, they divide. The laws concerning throwing a get are the same when it comes to throwing betrothal money or documents or repaying monetary debts. The remainder of the mishnah illustrates the principle with regard to repaying debts. Note that the one difference between debts and divorce/betrothal is that in the latter case, if the document lands halfway, the woman is doubtfully divorced or doubtfully betrothed. There is no possibility of a woman being half divorced or betrothed. In contrast, when it comes to debts, people can split money. Therefore, if the money lands halfway between the two parties they split it and the borrower owes half the debt.
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מרשות הגג – if it left the divided off space of the roof and entered into the partition of the space where it is standing (serving as a legal fiction – as if one of its broadside were prolonged to form a partition).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Gittin
If she was standing on a roof and he threw it up to her, as soon as it reaches the airspace of the roof, she is divorced. If he was above and she below and he threw it to her, once it has left the space of the roof, [even were it to be immediately] erased or burnt, she is divorced. When the husband is standing below and she is standing on the roof, the get must reach the level of the roof for she to be divorced. In other words, her domain only begins at roof-level. Similarly, if he is standing on the roof, her domain begins at the level of the roof. If he drops the get, she is divorced as soon as the get enters her domain, which is below the level of the roof. Even if it briefly enters her domain and then is somehow erased (severe case of bird droppings?) or burnt (by a lightning bolt) she was divorced as soon as the get entered her domain.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Gittin
או נשרף הרי זו מגורשת – the throwing of the Jewish bill of divorce into the courtyard preceded its being burned in the airspace of the courtyard, for if it had been burned in the courtyard first, in principle, from the beginning, it was being tossed into the fire, and she is not divorced.
