Gittin 74B

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And it is taught in a baraita: If a husband says to his wife: This is your bill of divorce from today and after my death, then this is both a valid bill of divorce and not a valid bill of divorce. This is the statement of the Rabbis. R' Yehuda HaNasi disagrees and says: A case like this is a vali

The Talmud asks: And according to Rav Yehuda, who said that R' Yehuda HaNasi and the Rabbis disagree about one who employs the language: On the condition, rather than disagreeing with regard to the case where the husband said: From today and after my death, let them disagree with regard to the case

The Talmud challenges: And let them disagree about: On the condition, to convey to you the far-reaching nature of the opinion of the Rabbis, who do not hold that the phrase: On the condition, is considered to be like the phrase: From now, as this ruling is a more general matter. The Talmud answers:

§ The Mishnah teaches: If a husband said to his wife: This is your bill of divorce on the condition that you will give me money from now until the conclusion of 30 days, if she gives the money to him within 30 days she is divorced, and if not she is not divorced. The Talmud asks: Isn’t that obvious

§ The Mishnah teaches that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: There was an incident in the city of Tzaidan involving one who said to his wife: This is your bill of divorce on the condition that you will give me my coat, and she lost his coat. And the Rabbis said that she should give him the value of t