Gittin 76B

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or whether she is not divorced.

Abaye said: It may be that Antipatris is in Judea and Kefar Otnai is in the Galilee. The Mishnah can be explained as follows: The husband was saying a statement including two conditions to her: If I arrive in the Galilee then this will be a bill of divorce immediately, or if I will tarry on the way

The continuation of the Mishnah taught: This is your bill of divorce if I do not come back from now until the conclusion of 30 days. The Talmud asks: Is this to say that Akko is in a country overseas, and is not considered part of Eretz Yisrael? But didn’t Rav Safra say: When the rabbis would take

Abaye said: The husband was saying a statement including two conditions to her: If I arrive in a country overseas, then this will be a valid bill of divorce immediately, or if I tarry 30 days on the way and I do not come back home, this will be a valid bill of divorce. If he reached Akko and ret

§ The continuation of the Mishnah states: If a husband said to his wife: This is your bill of divorce if at any time I will depart from your presence for 30 consecutive days, then even if he was continually going and coming, going and coming, since he was not secluded with her during these 30 days t