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Why not? Because we are concerned that perhaps he appeased his wife and had sex with her, thereby invalidating the bill of divorce. And R' Yoḥanan said: Even if the delay in signing was from now until 10 days later R' Shimon deems it valid. There is no concern that he appeased her because if it is s
§ It was stated that R' Yoḥanan and Reish Lakish disagreed with regard to the following case: If the husband says to 10 men: Write a bill of divorce for my wife, R' Yoḥanan says: He means that all of them should sign the bill of divorce. Two of them function as witnesses, and all the rest of them s
The Talmud asks: What are the circumstances in which all of them have to sign? If we say that he did not say to them: All of you, but just said to them: You should write a bill of divorce for my wife, didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (66b) that if one said to 10 people: Write a bill of divorce for my w
The Talmud asks: What is the difference between R' Yoḥanan and Reish Lakish; what is the difference if the rest of the men function as witnesses or just in order to fulfill the man’s stipulation? The Talmud answers: There is a difference between them in a case where two of them signed on that day an
Alternatively, there is another difference between them, in a case where one of these 10 people is found to be a relative of the husband or wife, or is otherwise found to be disqualified to serve as a witness. According to the one who says that the other signatures are due to the stipulation, this