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Deaf-mute Divorcing
Rav Kahana said in the name of Rav: If a deaf-mute (who married a woman before he became deaf) can communicate his meaning by writing, a get may be written and given to his wife.
Rav Yosef asked: What is the novelty of this teaching? We have learned in our Mishnah: If a man became mute, and they said to him, “Shall we write a get for your wife?” and he nodded his head, they test him three times: If he said “no” for no, and “yes” for yes, they write the get and give it.?
We continue the exploration of the deaf mute in antiquity as well as the neurobiology of deaf mute communication suing functional MRI imaging.