## Gittin Daf 64b

###### Gittin 64b:1
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הָנֵי מִילֵּי לְחוּמְרָא, אֲבָל לְקוּלָּא לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **This matter,** the presumption that an agent performs his agency, applies only when its application leads **to stringency,** as there is a concern that the agent performed his agency. **However,** when its application leads **to leniency, no,** the presumption does not apply.


###### Gittin 64b:2
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וְלִיהֵמְנַהּ לְדִידַהּ, מִדְּרַב הַמְנוּנָא – דְּאָמַר רַב הַמְנוּנָא, הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁאָמְרָה לְבַעְלָהּ: ״גֵּירַשְׁתַּנִי״ – נֶאֱמֶנֶת, חֲזָקָה אֵין הָאִשָּׁה מְעִיזָּה פָּנֶיהָ בִּפְנֵי בַּעְלָהּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But let** one **deem the wife herself credible,** based **on** the statement of **Rav Hamnuna, as Rav Hamnuna says:** A **woman who said to her husband: You divorced me, is deemed credible,** as there is **a presumption** that **a woman** would **not be insolent in the presence of her husband** and lie.


###### Gittin 64b:3
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הָנֵי מִילֵּי הֵיכָא דְּלֵיכָּא דְּקָא מְסַיַּיע לַהּ, אֲבָל הֵיכָא דִּמְסַיַּיע לַהּ – מְעִיזָּה וּמְעִיזָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **This matter applies only** in a case **where there is no** factor **that supports her** claim, as the presumption is that she would not be so insolent as to tell a lie that has no basis. **However,** in a case **where** there is a factor **that supports her** claim, as in this case both the husband and the third party claim that the husband sent a bill of divorce, **she** would **indeed be insolent.** Therefore, her claim that she was divorced is accepted only if she can produce the bill of divorce.


###### Gittin 64b:4
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**מַתְנִי׳** נַעֲרָה הַמְאוֹרָסָה, הִיא וְאָבִיהָ מְקַבְּלִין אֶת גִּיטָּהּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: אֵין שְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם זוֹכוֹת כְּאַחַת, אֶלָּא אָבִיהָ מְקַבֵּל אֶת גִּיטָּהּ בִּלְבַד. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לִשְׁמוֹר אֶת גִּיטָּהּ, אֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לְהִתְגָּרֵשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** With regard to **a betrothed young woman, she and her father** are each eligible to **receive her bill of divorce,** and the divorce takes effect at the moment that either of them receives the bill of divorce. **Rabbi Yehuda said: Two hands do not** have the right to **acquire** an item on behalf of one person **as one. Rather, her father alone receives her bill of divorce** on her behalf. **And** there is another principle: **Any** female **who is unable to safeguard her bill of divorce is unable to be divorced.**


###### Gittin 64b:5
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**גְּמָ׳** בְּמַאי קָמִיפַּלְגִי? רַבָּנַן סָבְרִי: יְדָא יַתִּירְתָּא זַכִּי לַהּ רַחֲמָנָא, וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה סָבַר: בִּמְקוֹם אָבִיהָ – יָד דִּילַהּ לָאו כְּלוּם הִיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **With regard to what do** the Rabbis, who stated the unattributed first opinion in the mishna, and Rabbi Yehuda **disagree? The Rabbis hold: The Merciful One grants** the betrothed young woman **an additional hand,** beyond the hand of her father, who can receive the bill of divorce on her behalf. **And Rabbi Yehuda holds: In a place,** i.e., situation, where **her father** is alive, **her hand is nothing** and she is ineligible to receive her bill of divorce.


###### Gittin 64b:6
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וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לִשְׁמוֹר אֶת גִּיטָּהּ. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: קְטַנָּה הַיּוֹדַעַת לִשְׁמוֹר אֶת גִּיטָּהּ – מִתְגָּרֶשֶׁת, וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ יוֹדַעַת לִשְׁמוֹר אֶת גִּיטָּהּ – אֵינָהּ מִתְגָּרֶשֶׁת. וְאֵיזוֹ הִיא קְטַנָּה יוֹדַעַת לִשְׁמוֹר אֶת גִּיטָּהּ? כֹּל שֶׁמְּשַׁמֶּרֶת גִּיטָּהּ וְדָבָר אַחֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna teaches: **And any** woman **who is unable to safeguard her bill of divorce** is unable to be divorced. **The Sages taught: A minor girl who knows** how **to safeguard her bill of divorce can be divorced, and** one **who does not know** how **to safeguard her bill of divorce cannot be divorced. And which is** the **minor girl** who **knows** how **to safeguard her bill of divorce?** It is **any** minor girl **who safeguards her bill of divorce and something else.**


###### Gittin 64b:7
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מַאי קָאָמַר? אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, הָכִי קָאָמַר: כֹּל שֶׁמְּשַׁמֶּרֶת דָּבָר אַחֵר מֵחֲמַת גִּיטָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is** the *tanna* **saying** in the statement: Who safeguards her bill of divorce and something else? **Rabbi Yoḥanan says** that **this is** what **he is saying: Any** minor **who safeguards something else due to her bill of divorce,** i.e., she lost her bill of divorce itself but she guards something else that she mistook for her bill of divorce.


###### Gittin 64b:8
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב הוּנָא בַּר מָנוֹחַ: הָא שׁוֹטָה בְּעָלְמָא הִיא! אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב הוּנָא בַּר מָנוֹחַ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב אִיקָא: כֹּל שֶׁמַּבְחֶנֶת בֵּין גִּיטָּהּ לְדָבָר אַחֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Huna bar Manoaḥ objects to this: That** minor girl **is merely an imbecile,** as she keeps something else in lieu of her bill of divorce. **Rather, Rav Huna bar Manoaḥ says in the name of Rav Aḥa, son of Rav Ika:** The reference is to **any** girl **who distinguishes between her bill of divorce and something else,** and safeguards her bill of divorce and does not safeguard less significant items.


###### Gittin 64b:9
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אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַבִּי אַסִּי: צְרוֹר וְזוֹרְקוֹ, אֱגוֹז וְנוֹטְלוֹ – זוֹכֶה לְעַצְמוֹ, וְאֵין זוֹכֶה לַאֲחֵרִים. חֵפֶץ – וּמַחְזִירוֹ לְאַחַר שָׁעָה, זוֹכֶה בֵּין לְעַצְמוֹ וּבֵין לַאֲחֵרִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Apropos minors, **Rav Yehuda says** that **Rabbi Asi says:** If one gives a child **a pebble and he throws it** away and one gives him **a nut and he takes it,** he is capable of distinguishing between items of value and worthless items, and **he acquires** property **for himself but does not acquire** property **on** behalf of **others.** If the child develops to the extent that he is given **an item and he returns it** to its owners **later,** because he understands the concept of ownership, **he acquires** property **both for himself and on** behalf of **others.**


###### Gittin 64b:10
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כִּי אַמְרִיתַהּ קַמֵּיהּ דִּשְׁמוּאֵל, אָמַר לִי: דָּא וְדָא אַחַת הִיא. מַאי ״דָּא וְדָא אַחַת הִיא״? אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: אֶחָד זֶה וְאֶחָד זֶה – זוֹכֶה לְעַצְמוֹ, וְאֵין זוֹכֶה לַאֲחֵרִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Yehuda continued. **When I stated** Rabbi Asi’s ruling **before Shmuel he said to me: This and that are one.** The Gemara asks: **What** is the meaning of: **This and that are one? Rav Ḥisda says:** With regard to **both this** child **and that** child, each **acquires** property **for himself but does not acquire** property **on** behalf of **others,** and there is no distinction in this regard between the developmental stages of a minor.


###### Gittin 64b:11
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מֵתִיב רַב חִינָּנָא וַורְדָּאן: כֵּיצַד מִשְׁתַּתְּפִין בְּמָבוֹי? מַנִּיחַ אֶת הֶחָבִית, וְאוֹמֵר: ״הֲרֵי זוֹ לְכׇל בְּנֵי הַמָּבוֹי״, וּמְזַכֶּה לָהֶם עַל יְדֵי בְּנוֹ וּבִתּוֹ הַגְּדוֹלִים, וְעַל יְדֵי עַבְדּוֹ וְשִׁפְחָתוֹ הָעִבְרִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ḥinnana of Vardania raises an objection** based on what was taught in a mishna (*Eiruvin* 79b): **How does one merge** the courtyards that open **into the alleyway** on behalf of all the residents of the alleyway? **He places a barrel** filled with his wine **and says: This is for all the residents of the alleyway. And he** may **confer possession** of the wine **to** the other residents of the alleyway **by means of his adult son or daughter, or by means of his Hebrew slave or maidservant.**


###### Gittin 64b:12
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הַאי שִׁפְחָה – הֵיכִי דָמֵי? אִי דְּאַתְיָא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, מַאי בָּעֲיָא גַּבֵּיהּ? אֶלָּא לָאו דְּלָא אַתְיָא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, וְקָתָנֵי זוֹכָה לַאֲחֵרִים?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What are the circumstances** of **this maidservant? If she developed two** pubic **hairs,** indicating that she reached majority, **what** is she **doing with** the owner of the barrel? A Hebrew maidservant is emancipated when she reaches puberty. **Rather, is** the reference here **not** to a case **where she did not** yet **develop two** pubic **hairs,** and she is a minor, **and it is taught** that she can **acquire on** behalf of **others?** Apparently, a minor can acquire property on behalf of other people.


###### Gittin 64b:13
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שָׁאנֵי שִׁיתּוּפֵי מְבוֹאוֹת – דְּרַבָּנַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this proof: The **merging of alleyways is different,** as it is an ordinance **by rabbinic law.** The Sages ruled leniently with regard to this rabbinic ordinance and allowed a minor to acquire property on behalf of others.


###### Gittin 64b:14
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אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: אִישְׁתִּיק וַורְדָּאן. מַאי הֲוָה לֵיהּ לְמֵימַר? כֹּל דְּתַקּוּן רַבָּנַן –

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ḥisda said:** Rav Ḥinnana of **Vardonia was silent** and had no response. The Gemara asks: **What could he have said** in response? The Gemara answers that he could have responded: **All** ordinances **that the Sages instituted,**