Gittin 85A

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everyone agrees that it is valid. And the Mishnah, which teaches that if he wrote his qualification in the bill of divorce it is invalid, and we established that it is referring only to a case of an exception, but a condition does not render the bill of divorce invalid, does not contradict this bar

And Rava said: The dispute between R' Yehuda HaNasi and the Rabbis is with regard to a case where the condition is written after the essential part, as R' Yehuda HaNasi holds that we issue a decree rendering the bill of divorce invalid due to a case where the condition is written before the essenti

And accordingly, the Mishnah, which teaches that if he wrote his qualification in the bill of divorce it is invalid, and we established that it is referring only to a case of an exception, but a condition does not render the bill of divorce invalid, does not contradict this baraita. It is referring

The father of R' Avin taught a baraita before R' Zeira: If one wrote a conditional bill of divorce, everyone agrees that it is invalid. R' Zeira asked him: Everyone agrees that it is invalid? But don’t they disagree about this?

R' Zeira therefore modified the baraita in accordance with his opinion: Rather, say that everyone agrees that it is valid. And what are the circumstances in which both sides agree that it is valid? It is referring to a case where the condition is written after the essential part of the bill of divor