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It is the opinion of R' Yosei, who says: Verbal directives cannot be delegated to an agent, and there is no concern that the scribe signed the document without the husband instructing him to do so.
And if it enters your mind to say that R' Yosei concedes in the case of one who says: Tell another to write it, a pitfall will result from it. As sometimes, it happens that one said to two people: Tell a scribe and he will write the document and tell so-and-so and so-and-so and they will sign it. A
The reason that this is not a concern must be because R' Yosei holds that even if the husband says to the agents: Tell the scribe to write, the bill of divorce is not valid. Rather, it is clear that the first clause of the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir and the latter clause is
Rav Ashi said an alternative explanation of the attribution of the Mishnah: The Mishnah in its entirety is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, who said that verbal directives cannot be delegated to an agent, and it is speaking utilizing the style of: It is not necessary, as follows: It is
The Talmud notes: It is taught in a baraita (Tosefta 2:7–8) in accordance with the opinion of Rav Ashi that R' Yosei invalidated the bill of divorce even if the husband said: Tell my instructions to a scribe, as it is taught: If the scribe wrote the bill of divorce for her sake and the witnesses sig