## Gittin Daf 65a

###### Gittin 65a:1
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כְּעֵין דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא תַּקּוּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**they instituted parallel to Torah law,** and they did not innovate novel halakhic models.


###### Gittin 65a:2
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וְאִידַּךְ – כִּי אָמְרִינַן: כָּל דְּתַקּוּן רַבָּנַן כְּעֵין דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא תַּקּוּן – בְּמִילְּתָא דְּאִית לַהּ עִיקָּר מִן הַתּוֹרָה, אֲבָל מִילְּתָא דְּלֵית לַהּ עִיקָּר מִן הַתּוֹרָה – לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And the other** Sage, Rav Ḥinnana of Vardonia, why was he silent? He holds that **when we say: All** ordinances **that the Sages instituted, they instituted parallel to Torah law,** it is **with regard to a matter that is rooted in the Torah,** and upon which the Sages instituted an ordinance. **However, with regard to a matter that is not rooted in the Torah,** e.g., the *halakhot* of joining courtyards and merging alleyways, **no,** they did not institute the ordinances parallel to Torah law.


###### Gittin 65a:3
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מֵתִיב רַב אַוְיָא: מַעֲרִימִין עַל מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי. כֵּיצַד? אוֹמֵר אָדָם לִבְנוֹ וּבִתּוֹ הַגְּדוֹלִים; לְעַבְדּוֹ וְשִׁפְחָתוֹ הָעִבְרִים: ״הֵא לָכֶם מָעוֹת הַלָּלוּ, וּפְדוּ בָּהֶן מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי זֶה״, וְאוֹכְלוֹ בְּלֹא חוֹמֶשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Avya raises** another **objection** to Shmuel’s opinion, according to Rav Ḥisda’s explanations, that a minor cannot acquire property on behalf of others, based on a mishna in tractate *Ma’aser Sheni* (4:4): **One may employ artifice** to exempt himself from the obligation to add one-fifth to the sum when redeeming **second tithe,** which the owner of the tithe is required to add. **How so? A person says to his adult son or daughter,** or **to his Hebrew slave or his maidservant: Here you are,** take **money and redeem second tithe with it.** After they redeem the second tithe, they give it to their father or master **and he eats it without** adding **one-fifth.**


###### Gittin 65a:4
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הַאי שִׁפְחָה הֵיכִי דָמֵי? אִי דְּאַתְיָא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, מַאי בָּעֲיָא גַּבֵּיהּ? אֶלָּא לָאו דְּלָא אַתְיָא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת? הָכָא בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן, בְּמַעֲשֵׂר בִּזְמַן הַזֶּה – דְּרַבָּנַן.

**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 produce? 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?** Apparently, a minor can also acquire property on behalf of others. The Gemara rejects this proof: **With what are we dealing here?** It is **with tithes today,** which is in effect **by rabbinic law,** and the Sages ruled leniently in matters of rabbinic law.


###### Gittin 65a:5
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וְאָמָה הָעִבְרִיָּה בִּזְמַן הַזֶּה מִי אִיכָּא?! וְהָתַנְיָא: אֵין עֶבֶד עִבְרִי נוֹהֵג אֶלָּא בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַיּוֹבֵל נוֹהֵג! אֶלָּא בְּעָצִיץ שֶׁאֵינוֹ נָקוּב – דְּרַבָּנַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And is there a Hebrew maidservant today? But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita*: The provision of **a Hebrew slave is in practice only during a period when the Jubilee** Year **is in practice.** Therefore, there have been no Hebrew slaves or maidservants since observance of the Jubilee Year ceased, before the destruction of the First Temple. **Rather,** it must be that the mishna is referring to a case where the produce grew **in an unperforated pot,** which one is obligated to tithe **by rabbinic law.**


###### Gittin 65a:6
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אָמַר רָבָא, שָׁלֹשׁ מִדּוֹת בְּקָטָן: צְרוֹר וְזוֹרְקוֹ, אֱגוֹז וְנוֹטְלוֹ – זוֹכֶה לְעַצְמוֹ, וְאֵין זוֹכֶה לַאֲחֵרִים; וּכְנֶגְדָּן בִּקְטַנָּה – מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת לְמֵיאוּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Apropos the capacity of minors to acquire property, **Rava says** that there are **three stages in** the development of **a minor:** With regard to a minor who is given **a pebble and he throws it** away but when given **a nut he takes it, he acquires** property **for himself but does not acquire** property **on** behalf of **others. And with regard to a minor girl with the corresponding** stage of intellectual development, after the death of her father she can be **betrothed** by her mother and her brother by rabbinic law, and can opt out of that betrothal **through refusal.**


###### Gittin 65a:7
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הַפָּעוֹטוֹת – מִקָּחָן מִקָּח וּמִמְכָּרָן מִמְכָּר בְּמִטַּלְטְלִין; וּכְנֶגְדָּן בִּקְטַנָּה – מִתְגָּרֶשֶׁת בְּקִידּוּשֵׁי אָבִיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
At the next stage of development are young **children** aged approximately six through eight, whose **purchase is a purchase and whose sale is a sale, with regard to movable property. And with regard to a minor girl with the corresponding** stage of development, **she is divorced** by receipt of her bill of divorce, even if it is **from betrothal by her father,** which is by Torah law.


###### Gittin 65a:8
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הִגִּיעוּ לְעוֹנַת נְדָרִים – נִדְרֵיהֶן נֶדֶר וְהֶקְדֵּשָׁן הֶקְדֵּשׁ; וּכְנֶגְדָּן בִּקְטַנָּה – חוֹלֶצֶת. וְלִמְכּוֹר בְּנִכְסֵי אָבִיו – עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא בֶּן עֶשְׂרִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The third stage of development is when **they have reached the age of vows,** when **their vows are** valid **vows and their consecration is** valid **consecration. And with regard to a minor girl with the corresponding** stage of development, **she performs *ḥalitza*** to free herself from her levirate bond. **And** with regard **to selling his father’s** landed **property,** a minor cannot sell it **until he will** reach the **age of twenty.**


###### Gittin 65a:9
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**מַתְנִי׳** קְטַנָּה שֶׁאָמְרָה: ״הִתְקַבֵּל לִי גִּיטִּי״ – אֵינוֹ גֵּט עַד שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ גֵּט לְיָדָהּ; לְפִיכָךְ, אִם רָצָה הַבַּעַל לַחֲזוֹר – יַחְזוֹר. שֶׁאֵין קָטָן עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלִיחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** In the case of **a minor girl who said** to an agent: **Receive my bill of divorce for me, it is not** a valid **bill of divorce until the bill of divorce reaches her possession. Therefore, if the husband seeks to retract** his decision before his wife receives the bill of divorce, **he can retract** it, **as a minor does not designate an agent.** Consequently, the agent is not an agent for receipt, and the divorce does not take effect when the husband hands the document to the agent. The agent is an agent for delivery, and the divorce takes effect when the bill of divorce enters the wife’s possession.


###### Gittin 65a:10
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וְאִם אָמַר לוֹ אָבִיהָ: ״צֵא וְהִתְקַבֵּל לְבִתִּי גִּיטָּהּ״, אִם רָצָה לַחֲזוֹר – לֹא יַחְזוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** if **her father said to** the agent: **Go out and receive my daughter’s bill of divorce on** her behalf, then **if** the husband **seeks to retract** his decision, **he cannot retract** it. As a father can receive the bill of divorce on behalf of his minor daughter, he can designate an agent for receipt, and the divorce takes effect when the husband hands the document to the agent.


###### Gittin 65a:11
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הָאוֹמֵר: ״תֵּן גֵּט זֶה לְאִשְׁתִּי בְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי״, וּנְתָנוֹ לָהּ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר – פָּסוּל. ״הֲרֵי הִיא בְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי״, וּנְתָנוֹ לָהּ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר – כָּשֵׁר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to **one who says** to an agent: **Give this bill of divorce to my wife in such and such a place,** if the agent deviated **and gave it to her in another place** the divorce is **invalid.** However, if he said to the agent: Give this bill of divorce to my wife, **she is in such and such a place,** without explicitly instructing the agent to give her the document there, **and he gave it to her in another place** the divorce is **valid.**


###### Gittin 65a:12
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הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁאָמְרָה: ״הִתְקַבֵּל לִי גִּיטִּי בְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי״, וְקִיבְּלוֹ לָהּ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר – פָּסוּל; רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר מַכְשִׁיר. ״הָבֵא לִי גִּיטִּי מִמָּקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי״, וֶהֱבִיאוֹ לָהּ מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר – כָּשֵׁר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to **the woman who** when designating her agent for receipt **said** to her agent: **Receive my bill of divorce for me in such and such a place, and he received it for her in another place,** the divorce is **invalid;** and **Rabbi Elazar deems** it **valid.** If she said to him: **Bring me my bill of divorce from such and such a place, and he brought it for her from another place,** it is **valid.** Because he is an agent for delivery, the woman is not particular where he receives the bill of divorce, as the divorce takes effect only when the bill of divorce reaches her possession.


###### Gittin 65a:13
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**גְּמָ׳** וְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר – מַאי שְׁנָא רֵישָׁא דְּלָא פְּלִיג, וּמַאי שְׁנָא סֵיפָא דִּפְלִיג?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **And** according to **Rabbi Elazar, what is different** in **the first clause,** where the agent deviated from the husband’s instructions and delivered the bill of divorce in a different place, **where he does not disagree** with the unattributed opinion of the first *tanna* that the divorce is invalid, **and what is different** in **the latter clause,** where the agent deviated from the wife’s instructions and received the bill of divorce in a different place, **where he disagrees** with the unattributed opinion of the first *tanna* and deems the divorce valid?


###### Gittin 65a:14
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אִיהוּ, דְּמִדַּעְתֵּיהּ מְגָרֵשׁ – קָפֵיד, אִיהִי, דִּבְעַל כֻּרְחַהּ מִתְגָּרֶשֶׁת – מַרְאָה מָקוֹם הִיא לוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **He,** the husband, **who divorces** his wife **of his own volition, insists** that the divorce be effected in a certain place. However, **she,** the wife, **who is divorced** even **against her will,** is in no position to insist with regard to the manner in which the divorce will be effected, and **is** merely **indicating a place for him** to give her the bill of divorce.


###### Gittin 65a:15
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**מַתְנִי׳** ״הָבֵא לִי גִּיטִּי״ – אוֹכֶלֶת בִּתְרוּמָה עַד שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ גֵּט לְיָדָהּ. ״הִתְקַבֵּל לִי גִּיטִּי״, אֲסוּרָה לֶאֱכוֹל בִּתְרוּמָה מִיָּד. ״הִתְקַבֵּל לִי גִּיטִּי בְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי״ – אוֹכֶלֶת בִּתְרוּמָה עַד שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ גֵּט לְאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם, רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אוֹסֵר מִיָּד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** An Israelite woman married to a priest partakes of *teruma*. If she says to an agent: **Bring me my bill of divorce,** designating him as an agent for delivery, **she** continues to **partake of *teruma* until the bill of divorce reaches her possession.** However, if she says: **Receive my bill of divorce for me,** thereby designating him as an agent for receipt, it is **immediately prohibited** for her **to partake of *teruma*.** Since the divorce takes effect when the husband hands the bill of divorce to the agent, the concern is that the agent encountered the husband nearby. If the woman said to the agent: **Receive my bill of divorce for me in such and such a place,** then even if he received it elsewhere, **she** continues to **partake of *teruma* until the bill of divorce reaches that place. Rabbi Elazar prohibits** her from partaking of *teruma* **immediately.**


###### Gittin 65a:16
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**גְּמָ׳** וְגִיטָּא מִיהָא הָוֵי? וְהָאָמְרַתְּ רֵישָׁא, לָא הָוֵי גִּיטָּא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** In this mishna, the first *tanna* apparently states that if the agent for receipt received the bill of divorce in a place other than the place designated by the woman for receipt, the bill of divorce is valid when the agent brings it to the designated place. The Gemara asks: **And in any event, is it** a valid **bill of divorce? But didn’t you say** in **the first clause,** i.e., in the previous mishna, that if the agent received the bill of divorce in another place, **it is not** a valid **bill of divorce?**


###### Gittin 65a:17
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לָא צְרִיכָא, דְּאָמְרָה לֵיהּ: ״הִתְקַבֵּל לִי גִּיטָּא בְּמָתָא מַחְסֵיָא, וְזִימְנִין דְּמַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לֵיהּ בְּבָבֶל״; וְהָכִי קָאָמְרָה לֵיהּ: מִשְׁקָל – כֹּל הֵיכָא דְּמַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לֵיהּ, שִׁקְלֵיהּ מִינֵּיהּ;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **No,** this *halakha* is **necessary** with regard to a case **where she said to him: Receive the bill of divorce for me in** the city of **Mata Meḥasya, and sometimes you** can **find him in** the city of **Babylon. And this is what she is saying:** When **taking** the bill of divorce, **anywhere that you find him, take it from him,**