Gittin, Daf Yod, Part 1

Gittin, Daf Yod, Part 1   Introduction The mishnah which begins this week s daf deals with documents whose signators are Samaritans. The Samaritans were a Jewish splinter group whose history is somewhat blurry. According to the Talmud, the Samaritans descend from...

Gittin, Daf Tet, Part 6

Gittin, Daf Tet, Part 6   Introduction The Talmud continues to ask whether there are not more similarities between divorce documents and manumission documents.   וְהָאִיכָּא...

Gittin, Daf Tet, Part 5

Gittin, Daf Tet, Part 5   Introduction The Talmud continues its discussion of ways in which divorce documents and documents of manumission are the same.   וְתוּ לֵיכָּא...

Gittin, Daf Tet, Part 4

Gittin, Daf Tet, Part 4   Introduction In light of the mishnah, the Talmud goes on to offer other comparisons between manumission documents and divorce documents.   אֶחָד גִּיטֵּי...

Gittin, Daf Tet, Part 3

Gittin, Daf Tet, Part 3   Introduction New mishnah time! But don t worry, we re still talking about the declaration made by the agent.   מַתְנִי׳ הַמֵּבִיא...