Foreign Bills of Divorce
One who brings a get from abroad [to the land of Israel] must declare, “In my presence it was written and in my presence it was signed.” Rabban Gamaliel says: Even one who brings it from Rekem or from Heger.1 R. Eliezer says: Even one who brings it from Kefar Ludim to Lud.2 The sages, however, say: The declaration “In my presence it was written and in my presence it was signed” is required only from one who brings a get from abroad or who takes it there. One who brings [a get] from one province to another province in foreign lands is also required to declare, “In my presence it was written, and in my presence it was signed.” Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel says: Even from one hegemony to another hegemony.3
Notes
[Places on the eastern border of the land of Israel.—Ed.]
[Kefar Ludim and Lud were adjacent to each other, but Kefar Ludim lay outside the land of Israel, and Lud lay inside.—Ed.]
[Places within the Roman Empire ruled by different governors.—Ed.]
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
