Quoting%20commentary for Gittin 6:5

הָאוֹמֵר, כִּתְבוּ גֵט וּתְנוּ לְאִשְׁתִּי, גָּרְשׁוּהָ, כִּתְבוּ אִגֶּרֶת וּתְנוּ לָהּ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ יִכְתְּבוּ וְיִתֵּנוּ. פִּטְרוּהָ, פַּרְנְסוּהָ, עֲשׂוּ לָהּ כַּנִּמּוֹס, עֲשׂוּ לָהּ כָּרָאוּי, לֹא אָמַר כְּלוּם. בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים, הַיּוֹצֵא בְקוֹלָר וְאָמַר, כִּתְבוּ גֵט לְאִשְׁתִּי, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ יִכְתְּבוּ וְיִתֵּנוּ. חָזְרוּ לוֹמַר, אַף הַמְפָרֵשׁ וְהַיּוֹצֵא בִשְׁיָרָא. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן שְׁזוּרִי אוֹמֵר, אַף הַמְּסֻכָּן:

If one says: "Write a get and give it to my wife," (or) "Divorce her," (or) "Write an igereth and give it to her," they write it and give it to her, [it being written in a get, "igereth shevukin" ("a writ of divorce")]. (If he says:) "Rid her," "Provide for her," "Do with her according to the nimus," "Do with her as is right," he has said nothing. [("Rid her":) He may be referring to exemption and liability, the ridding of her debts. ("Provide for her":) Do what is required, as in: "we expend for provisions, etc." Therefore, we do not know whether he is referring to the exigencies of the get, that she not be linked to the yavam, or the exigencies of clothing and covering. ("according to the nimus":) the ordinance. We do not know whether he is referring to the ordinance of the get or the ordinance of food and clothing. The same applies to "as is right."] In the beginning they (the sages) said: If one were being taken out in chains [to be executed by the authorities], and he said: "Write a divorce to my wife," [even though he did not say "give,"] they are to write it and give it"; but then they added: Also one who goes to sea and one who goes out in a caravan [to the desert]. R. Shimon Shezuri says: Also one who is in danger [i.e., one who is ill. The halachah is in accordance with R. Shimon Shezuri.]

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