Gittin 33B

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is not entirely invalidated; and therefore, even though the husband nullified the agency of part of the group, if these other people whose agency was never nullified go and write the bill of divorce and give it to the wife, let them write and give the bill of divorce. There is nothing to be concerne

Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel disagrees and holds: Testimony that was partially invalidated is entirely invalidated. And if the agency of part of the group was nullified when those agents were not in the presence of the rest of the group, then those others do not know that their agency has been nullifie

And if you wish, say instead that everyone agrees that testimony that was partially invalidated is not entirely invalidated; and here, this is the reason of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel that the husband can nullify his instructions only in the presence of all of the agents: He holds that a matter that

A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: If the husband said to them: All of you should write a bill of divorce for my wife, in which case all of them must sign the bill of divorce, what is the halakha according to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel? The Talmud elaborates: Is the reason of Rabban Shimon ben G

Or perhaps the reason of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel is because he holds that a matter that is performed in the presence of 10 people requires the presence of 10 people to revoke it. And therefore, even if he said: All of you should write the bill of divorce, he must nullify his instructions in all 10