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 Sefaria Gittin 5a Babylonian Talmud Gittin 5a אִילֵימָא חֵרֵשׁ, חֵרֵשׁ בַּר אֵיתוֹיֵי גִיטָּא הוּא?! וְהָתְנַן: הַכֹּל כְּשֵׁרִים לְהָבִיא אֶת הַגֵּט, חוּץ מֵחֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן! If we say  that this is referring to  a deaf-mute, is a deaf-mute fit to bring a bill of divorce? But didn’t we learn  in a mishna (23a):  Anyone is fit  to serve as an agent  to bring a bill of divorce  to a woman  except for a deaf-mute, an imbecile, and a minor,  all of whom may not be appointed as agents at all, as they are not intellectually competent according to  halakha . 1 וְאָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: הָכָא בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן – כְּגוֹן שֶׁנְּתָנוֹ לָהּ כְּשֶׁהוּא פִּקֵּחַ, וְלֹא הִסְפִּיק לוֹמַר ״בְּפָנַי נִכְתַּב וּבְפָנַי נֶחְתַּם״ עַד שֶׁנִּתְחָרֵשׁ. לְרָבָא נִיחָא, לְרַבָּה קַשְׁיָא! And Rav Yosef said: With what are we dealing here?  This is a case  where  the agent  gave  the bill of divorce  to her when he was  halakhically  competent, but he did not manage to say: It was written in my presence and