Geonica, Vol. 2: Genizah Studies (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Geonica, Vol. 2: Genizah Studies

The third Responsum is an answer to the following question: One of two witnesses who had signed a bill of divorce declared that the divorce was not valid, because the husband was forced by the ruler of the place, msw, to divorce his wife. In his answer the Gaon treats very exhaustively the legal maxim Tam um um 31w $a in, showing when witnesses may modify statements made by them previously.

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Excerpt from Geonica, Vol. 2: Genizah Studies

The purpose of the ring is not stated by the Gaon, but it may be assumed that the effigy was suspended from it. The Aramaic word for this ring is mm, the jumper, and the same word is used for stirrup.

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