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As is the case with all legal documents, the date that appears on a geṭ is one of the basic requirements for the document to be valid. Somewhat surprisingly, the geṭ need not be delivered on the date that is written in the document, and it will be a valid geṭ even if it is given some time later. This is only true if the couple did not continue to live in close proximity after the geṭ was written. If after the geṭ was written the husband and wife were together (i.e., they could have slept together) then the geṭ is considered a geṭ yashan – an old geṭ – which the Mishna teaches cannot be used according to Beit Hillel, although Beit Shammai permits its use.
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