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  • Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 4, 5If husband is moribund or older than 80, does he have presumptive status that he might die before get is delivered? What is a conditional bill of divorce and when is it given? Is wife …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 3If you find a get, should you return it? What is relevance of where it is found, i.e. in a place of caravans? Do you return a promissory note? What is relevance of whether document is …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 2How far and for what reason does the decree extend that the STANDARD part of a get and certain financial documents may be written in advance by a scribe, but the essential part must be left …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 1A get written for a different woman is not valid, but does it disqualify her from marrying a priest? What if man writes get with a blank space for wife’s name because not sure yet which …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 7, Chapter 3, Mishna 1Can a woman be he own agent of delivery for her divorce? In what situation would that even be possible? Why does open-ended agency not work? How do we know that a …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 5, 6, 7WHat is the “essential” element of a get (bill of divorce)? Who may serve as an agent of delivery for a get, and who may not? May blind people serve in this capacity? What …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 4, 5May we write a get on the leaf of a plant in a perforated pot? If a perforated pot sits inside Israel, but its branches grow over the border and produce fruit there, what law …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 3, 4What if wife doesn’t want to accept the get? How is slave different than real property? When is it valid to place bill of divorce in courtyard? Once you accept a gift, can you change …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 3What if scribe of Torah scroll makes a spelling mistake and writes YHVH without proper intention? Can scribe write over mistaken letter in get? Are most bills of divorce in the world invalid (per Rav Hisda)? …

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