Sefaria Gittin 5a Babylonian Talmud
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 ...