Ogni ottenimento che non è stato scritto appositamente per quella donna non è valido. Come mai? Se attraversasse il mercato e sentisse le voci degli scribi che chiamavano [ai loro apprendisti: quando qualcuno viene a cercarlo, scrivilo così:] "Questo e quest'uomo divorziano questa e questa donna, da questo e questo posto", e ha detto: "Questo è il mio nome, e questo è il nome di mia moglie", non è valido come divorzio. Ancora di più: se lo scrivesse per divorziare da sua moglie [vale a dire, non solo non viene scritto per il divorzio ma per la pratica non è valido; ma anche uno scritto per il divorzio], se ha cambiato idea, e uno dei suoi cittadini l'ha trovato, e ha detto: "Il mio nome è uguale al tuo e il nome di mia moglie, lo stesso del nome di tua moglie". non è valido come divorzio. Inoltre, se avesse avuto due mogli con lo stesso nome e lo avesse scritto per divorziare dal maggiore, non avrebbe potuto divorziare dal più giovane con esso. [Non solo non è valido se non è stato scritto per il divorzio di quest'uomo, ma anche se uno avesse due mogli, nel qual caso è stato scritto per amore del divorzio di quest'uomo, non è valido, dal momento che era non scritto per il divorzio di questa donna in particolare. (Anziano, più giovane :) non necessariamente.] Inoltre, se dicesse allo scriba: "Scrivilo per divorziare da qualunque moglie scelga", non è valido come divorzio. [Con la presente siamo informati che non diciamo che è stabilito retroattivamente che anche quando lo scrisse, era sua moglie che intendeva, in modo che vi sia (in buona fede) un divorzio nei confronti di lui e di lei .]
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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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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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.
