Sefaria: Babylonian Talmud Gittin 4a
Sefaria: Babylonian Talmud Gittin 4a Gittin 4a וַחֲתָמוֹ וּנְתָנוֹ לָהּ – כָּשֵׁר! וְכִי תֵּימָא אֲנַן מִדְּאוֹרָיְיתָא קָא מַתְנִינַן לַהּ, אִי הָכִי, ״אוֹמֵר הָיָה רַבִּי מֵאִיר דְּבַר תּוֹרָה״ מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ! and he signed it and gave it to his wife, it is a valid bill of divorce? And if you would say that we learned that this statement of Rav Naḥman applies by Torah law, whereas by rabbinic law Rabbi Meir concedes that a bill of divorce must be written for her sake, if so, Rav Naḥman should have said: Rabbi Meir would say that by Torah law if a husband found a document in the garbage he may use it. 1 אֶלָּא לְעוֹלָם רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הִיא, וְכִי לָא בָּעֵי רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר חֲתִימָה – הֵיכָא דְּלֵיכָּא עֵדִים כְּלָל; הֵיכָא דְּאִיכָּא עֵדִים – בָּעֵי. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא: מוֹדֶה רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בִּמְזוּיָּיף מִתּוֹכוֹ, שֶׁהוּא פָּסוּל. Rather, the Gemara retract...