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JACOB BLESSES SONS. Jacob's twelve songs gathered to hear their father's prophecies regarding each of them and to receive his blessing (Genesis 49) Woodcut from the Cologne Bible, 1478-1480

Gittin 15: Deathbed Wishes

jyungar May 31, 2023

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The second perek of Gittin reiterates the prior mishnayot of the first perek:

If someone brings a get (to Eretz Yisroel) from abroad and says, “The get was written in my presence,” but he did not say, “It was signed in my presence,” or if he said, “It was signed in my presence,” but he did not say, “It was written in my presence,” or if he said, “The entire get was written in my presence and half of it was signed in my presence” (I saw only one of the witnesses signing), or if he said, “Half of it was written in my presence and all of it was signed in my presence,” the get is invalid. If one person said, “It was written in my presence,” and another person said, “It was signed in my presence,” it is invalid.

We continue our exploration of death wishes in the Bible, and down to the Victorian age.

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