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he is saying to her that it will be valid once the sun comes out in the morning. And if the husband dies during the night, before sunrise, then this will be a bill of divorce after his death and is therefore invalid.
But if he said to her: On the condition that the sun will emerge from its sheath, then he is saying to his wife that the bill of divorce will take effect retroactively from now once the sun emerges. As Rav Huna says that Rav says: Anyone who states a condition employing the language: On the conditi
The tanna’im disagreed only in the case of one who said to his wife: This will be your bill of divorce if the sun emerges from its sheath, and the husband died during the night. One Sage, referred to as: Our Rabbis, holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, who says that the date written in
§ The Mishnah states that if a husband says to others: Write and give a bill of divorce to my wife if I do not come back from now until the conclusion of 12 months, and they wrote it within the 12 months but gave it to her after 12 months, it is not a valid bill of divorce. R' Yosei disagrees and s
Rav Yeimar said to Rav Ashi: Shall we say that R' Yosei holds that in general, if he wrote a bill of divorce on condition then it is valid, even if the condition was not fulfilled? Rav Ashi replied: No, actually I could say to you that according to R' Yosei it is invalid if the condition is not ful