Related%20passage for Gittin 7:4

לֹא תִתְיַחֵד עִמּוֹ אֶלָּא בִפְנֵי עֵדִים, אֲפִלּוּ עֶבֶד, אֲפִלּוּ שִׁפְחָה, חוּץ מִשִּׁפְחָתָהּ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלִּבָּהּ גַּס בָּהּ בְּשִׁפְחָתָהּ. מַה הִיא בְאוֹתָן הַיָּמִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כְּאֵשֶׁת אִישׁ לְכָל דְּבָרֶיהָ. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מְגֹרֶשֶׁת וְאֵינָהּ מְגֹרָשֶׁת:

She may not be alone with him [She may not be alone with the one who gave her a get and said to her: "from today if I die," lest he cohabit with her and she require a second get, for we suspect that he might have cohabited with her for the sake of betrothal.] (She may not be alone with him) except with witnesses — even a bondsman, even a bondswoman, except her own maidservant, for she is indifferent to her presence. What is she in those days? [This does not refer to the beginning, viz.: "from today if I die," for in that instance it is certain that when he dies, she is regarded retroactively as divorced from the time the get was given, and one who lived with her (from the giving until his death) is not liable, but (it refers to) an instance in which he says to her when he gives her the get: "This is your get, and be divorced by it from the time I am in the world if I die."] R. Yehudah says: She is like a married woman in every respect, [R. Yehudah holding that the get takes effect immediately before he dies, before which time she is a married woman.] R. Yossi says: She is divorced and not divorced, [R. Yossi holding that from the time he gives her the get, every moment we entertain the possibility that it might be the moment before death, so that it is "a get in doubt." And even though he lives longer, there is no retroactive determination (breirah). Therefore, her status is a doubtful one, and one who lives with her (from the time he gives her the get) requires a suspended guilt-offering (asham talui)].

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