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The Talmud answers: Rav Pappa holds that when Rav said that a transfer in the presence of all 3 parties is effective, it is no different if this is referring to a loan from the first party to the second party, where it is an abstract monetary obligation that is transferred, and it is no different if
The Talmud asks the reverse question: What is the reason that Rav Zevid did not say in accordance with the explanation of Rav Pappa? The Talmud answers: He holds that it is not possible to establish the Mishnah as referring to a person on his deathbed. From where does he learn this? It is from the
The Talmud infers: The reason for this ruling is that the man died. However, if it was while he was still alive then one gives the document. The Talmud continues: Even during his lifetime the reason for the ruling is specifically that he said: Give, but if he did not say: Give, and merely commande
As we learned in a Mishnah (65b): Initially the rabbis would say: With regard to one who is taken out in a neck chain to be executed and said: Write a bill of divorce for my wife, these people should write and give her the document. Although he did not explicitly say: Give, this is understood to ha
R' Shimon Shezuri says: Even in the case of one who is dangerously ill who gives that instruction, they write the bill of divorce and give it to his wife. This shows that a dying person need not say: Give. Rather, it is sufficient for him to say: Write. By contrast, the Mishnah indicates that it is