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a modifier, meaning that this board is not referred to by a unique name. But if it has a modifier, even though it is not 10 handbreadths higher than the courtyard, and even though the board did not have an area of 4 cubits, it is still considered to be a separate domain, and it would therefore not
§ It was taught in the Mishnah that if he throws a bill of divorce to his wife while she is in his house, she is not divorced, even if the bill of divorce is with her in the bed, i.e., he throws it onto the bed in which she is sitting or lying. Rava says: They taught this only in a case where he th
This is also taught in a baraita: R' Eliezer says: If he throws the bill of divorce to her when she is in his bed, she is not divorced; if he throws it to her when she is in her bed, she is divorced.
The Talmud asks: And if he throws the bill of divorce to her in her bed, is she divorced? But the bed is like vessels of a buyer that are in the domain of the seller, since the bed that belongs to her is in the house of the husband. Can you conclude from here that even if the vessels of a buyer ar
The Talmud answers: No, it is necessary to state this halakha in a case where the bed is 10 handbreadths high, as then the bed is considered to be its own domain. The Talmud challenges this: But there is the place on which the legs of the bed are standing; the legs are standing in the husband’s do