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Moreover, if one had two wives and their names were identical, and he wrote a bill of divorce to divorce the older one and then reconsidered, he may not divorce the younger one with it.
Moreover, if he said to the scribe: Write a bill of divorce for whichever one of them that I will want and I will divorce her with it, this bill of divorce is unfit for him to divorce either wife with it.
Talmud: The second clause of the Mishnah considers a case where one wrote a bill of divorce with which to divorce his wife but later reconsidered, and a resident of his town with identical personal details found him and desired to use the bill of divorce. The Talmud asks: But then with what case i
Rav Pappa said: We are dealing with scribes who are practicing writing; the bill of divorce in the first case was written as an exercise and not because someone requested that it be written. Rav Ashi said: The language of the Mishnah is also precise, as it teaches: Scribes dictating, i.e., to thei
By employing the introductory term: Moreover, the Mishnah indicates that each case teaches an additional novelty beyond that of the previous case. The Talmud asks: What novel element warrants the use of the term: Moreover? The Talmud answers by quoting a baraita: The school of R' Yishmael taught th