Study Gittin folio 11B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
With regard to witnesses who signed a bill of divorce and whose names are like the names of non-Jews, what is the halakha? R' Yoḥanan said to him: There came before us bills of divorce that were signed only with names such as Lukos and Los, and we deemed them valid by means of the witnesses of trans
The Talmud infers: And this applies specifically to names such as Lukos and Los, as it is uncommon to find Jews who are called by these names. However, with regard to other non-Jew names, concerning which it is common to find Jews who are called by these names, no, the documents are not valid, as
Reish Lakish raised an objection to this ruling from a baraita (Tosefta 4:8): With regard to bills of divorce that come from a country overseas, and witnesses are signed upon them, even though the names of the witnesses are like the names of non-Jews, they are valid, because the names of most Jews o
The Talmud answers: There the halakha is different, as it teaches the reason explicitly: Because the names of most Jews outside of Eretz Yisrael are like the names of non-Jews. Consequently, it can be assumed that the court examined the matter at the time of the signing, and that the document was s
This was one version of the discussion. And there are those who say that Reish Lakish asked R' Yoḥanan about the very same case as in the baraita, and he resolved the matter for him from the baraita, that even if the names signed on a bill of divorce brought from outside of Eretz Yisrael are like t