Jerusalem Talmud Gittin 1.2

משנה: רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר מֵרְקַם וְלַמִּזְרַח וּרְקַם כְּמִזְרַח. מֵאַשְׁקְלוֹן וְלַדָּרוֹם וְאַשְׁקְלוֹן כְּדָרוֹם מֵעַכּוֹ וְלַצָּפוֹן וְעַכּוֹ כְצָפוֹן. רִבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר עַכּוֹ כְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַגִּיטִּין.

MISHNAH: Rebbi Jehudah says, from Reqam to the East and Reqam belongs to the East, from Ascalon to the South and Ascalon belongs to the South, from Acco to the North and Acco belongs to the North. Rebbi Meïr says, Acco belongs to the Land of Israel in matters of bills of divorce.

הלכה: רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר. מֵרְקַם וְלַמִּזְרַח כול׳. רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר לְצִפּוֹרָיָיא. אַתּוּן אָמְרִין בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. אַף הַמֵּבִיא מִבָּבֵל לְכָאן אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר. בְּפָנַיי נִכְתַּב וּבְפָנַיי נֶחְתַּם. וַאֲנִי אוֹמֵר שֶׁהוּא צָרִיךְ. דְּהִיא מַתְנִיתָא. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר. מֵרְקַם וְלַמִּזְרַח וּרְקַם כְּמִזְרַח. וַאֲפִילוּ תֵימַר. חֲלוּקִין עַל רִבִּי יְהוּדָה שֶׁאֵין רְקַם כַּמִּזְרַח. שֶׁמָּא מִבָּבֵל לְכָאן. רַב אָמַר. עָשִׂינוּ עַצְמֵינוּ כְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַגִיטִּין. וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר. אֲפִילוּ מִשְּׁכוּנָה לִשְׁכוּנָה. בְּעָא קוֹמֵי מִיחְזוֹר בֵּיהּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ כַּהֲנָא. וּמַה נַעֲשֶׂה לָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת שֶׁנִּישְּׂאוּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ. וּמַה בְיָדָךְ. דְּהוּא סְבַר כְּהָדָא דְרִבִּי דְּתַנֵּי. הַמֵּבִיא גֵּט מִמְּדִינַת הַיָּם לֹא נִכְתַּב לְפָנָיו וְלֹא נֶחְתַּם לְפָנָיו. תֵצֵא בִשְׁלֹשָׁה עָשָׂר דָּבָר. דִּבְרֵי רִבִּי. אֲבָל חֲכָמִים לֹא הוֹדוּ לַדָּבָר.

HALAKHAH: “Rebbi Jehudah says, from Reqam to the East,” etc. Rebbi Joḥanan told the people of Sepphoris: You say in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan, even a person who brings a bill of divorce from Babylonia does not have to say “it was written and signed before me.” But I am saying that it is necessary, for there is a Mishnah: “Rebbi Jehudah says, from Reqam to the East and Reqam belongs to the East.” And even if you say that they disagree with Rebbi Jehudah and say that Reqam does not belong to the East, what about from Babylonia to here? Rav said, we consider ourselves as in the Land of Israel in the matter of bills of divorce. But Samuel said, even from one city quarter to another. He asked before him to change his opinion, when Cahana told him, what would we do with the earlier cases of women who remarried? He said to him, what do you have in your hand? For he was of Rebbi’s opinion as it was stated: If somebody brings a bill of divorce from overseas which was neither written nor signed in his presence, she has to leave under the thirteen penalties, the words of Rebbi. But the Sages did not agree in this matter.

הַכֹּל מוֹדִין שֶׁאִם בָּא וְעִירֵר עֱרָרוֹ בָטֵל. עַד כְּדוֹן בְּשֶׁעִירֵר מִשֶּׁנִּישֵּׂאת. עִירֵר עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִישֵּׂאת וְנִישֵּׂאת. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מִן הָדָא. מַעֲשֶׂה בְּאֶחָד שֶׁהֵבִיא אֶת הַגֵּט לִפְנֵי רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל. אָמַר לֵיהּ. מְנַיִין אַתְּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ. מִכְּפַר סִמַיי שֶׁבְּתְחוּם עַכּוֹ. אָמַר לֵיהּ. אַף אַתְּ צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר. בְּפָנַיי נִכְתַּב וּבְפָנַיי נֶחְתַּם. וְאַל תִּזָּקֵק לָעֵדִים. וּכְשֶׁיָּצָא אָמַר לוֹ רִבְּי אִילַעִאי. רִבִּי. וַהֲלֹא כְּפַר סִמַיי מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל הִיא קְרוּבָה לְצִיפּוֹרִין יוֹתֵר מֵעַכּוֹ. אָמַר לֵיהּ. הוֹאִיל וְיָצָא הַמַּעֲשֶׂה בְהֵיתֵר יָצָא. מָהוּ הוֹאִיל וְיָצָא הַמַּעֲשֶׂה בְהֵיתֵר יָצָא. אָמַר רִבִּי זְעִירָא. שֶׁאִם בָּא וְעִירֵר עֱרָרוֹ בָטֵל. אִילּוּ הַמֵּבִיא מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁמָּא האוּ צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר. בְּפָנַיי נִכְתַּב וּבְפָנַיי נִתְחַתֵּם. הֲוֵי לֹא שַׁנְיָיה. הוּא עֶרֶר מִשֶׁנִּישֵּׂאת הוּא עֶרֶר עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִישֵּׂאת וְנִישֵּׂאת.

Everybody agrees that if [the husband] comes and protests, his protest is invalid. That is, if he protested after she remarried. If he protested before she remarried and then she remarried? Let us hear from the following: It happened that somebody brought a bill of divorce before Rebbi Ismael. He asked him, from where are you? He answered, from Kefar Simai in the region of Acco. He said to him, then you have to say, “it was written and signed in my presence;” you do not need witnesses. After [that person] left, Rebbi Ilai said to him, my teacher, is not Kefar Simai in the Land of Israel, closer to Sepphoris than to Acco? He answered, since the matter was resolved in a permissive way; it stands. What means “since the matter was resolved in a permissive way; it stands”? Rebbi Ze‘ira said, that if [the husband] came and protested, his protest would be invalid. But does a person who brings a bill of divorce from the Land of Israel for delivery in the Land of Israel have to say, “it was written and signed in my presence”? Therefore, there cannot be any difference whether he protested after she remarried or before she remarried and then she remarried.

רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אָדָא בַּר עַתְלַיי בְשֵׁם רִבִּי לָעְזָר. הֲלָכָה כְרִבִּי מֵאִיר בְּגִיטִּין. וַהֲוָה רִבִּי זְעִירָא מִסְתַּכֵּל בֵּיהּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ. לָמָּה אַתְּ מִסְתַּכֵּל בִּי. דִּיתֵמַר הֲלָכָה כְמִי שֶׁהוּא מֵיקַל בְּדִבְרֵי סוֹפְרִין. סָבְרִין מֵימַר בְּיָחִיד אֶצֶל יָחִיד. אֲבָל בְּיָחִיד אֶצֶל חֲכָמִים לֹא. וְהָכָא אֲפִילוּ יָחִיד אֶצֶל חֲכָמִים.

Rebbi Jacob bar Ada, Bar Athlay in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: Practice follows Rebbi Meïr in matters of bills of divorce. Rebbi Ze‘ira was looking at him. He asked him, why do you look at me? Was it not said that practice follows the lenient opinion in rabbinic matters? They thought, that is a single opinion against a single opinion, but not a single opinion against the Sages, and here even a single opinion against the Sages.

רִבִּי חִיָיא רִבִּי בָּא אָמַר. הַמּוֹכֵר עַבְדּוֹ לְעַכּוֹ יָצָא לְחֵירוּת. רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אָבוּהּ דְּרִבִּי יוּדָן בָּעֵי. וַאֲפִילוּ מֵעַכּוֹ לְעַכּוֹ. וְאַתְיָיא כַּיי דָּמַר רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אָחָא בְשֵׁם רִבִּי אִמִּי. מִן תְּרֵין עוֹבְדוֹי דְרִבִּי אֲנָן יָלְפִין. עַכּוֹ יֵשׁ בָּהּ אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיֵשׁ בָּהּ חוּצָה לָאָרֶץ. רִבִּי הֲוָה בְעַכּוֹ. חָמְתוּן אָכְלוּן פִּיתָּא נְקִיָיא. אָמַר לוֹן. מַה אַתּוּן לָתִין. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ. תַּלְמִיד אֶחָד בָּא לְכָאן וְהוֹרָה לָנוּ עַל מֵי בֵּיצִים שֶׁאֵינָן מַכְשִּׁירִין. וַאֲנָן שְׁלָקִין בֵּיעִין וְלָתִין בְּמֵיהוֹן. סָבְרִין מֵימַר מֵי שְׁלָק שֶׁלְּבֵּצִים. וְלֹא אָמַר אֶלָּא שֶׁלְְּבֵיצִים עַצְמָן. אָמַר רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אִידִי. מֵאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה גָזְרוּ שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא תַלְמִיד מוֹרֶה הוֹרַיָיה. רִבִּי חונה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי חוּנָה אָמַר. תַּלְמִיד שֶׁהוֹרָה אֲפִילוּ כַהֲלָכָה אֵין הוֹרָיָיתוֹ הוֹרַיָיה.

Rebbi Ḥiyya [bar] Abba said: If one sold a slave into Acco, the latter was set free. Rebbi Ismael, the father of Rebbi Yudan, asked: Even from Acco to Acco? This follows what Rebbi Aḥa bar Jacob said in the name of Rebbi Immi: From two actions of Rebbi we learn that Acco is partly of the Land of Israel and partly outside the Land. Rebbi was in Acco when he saw them eating clean bread; he asked them, how did you knead [the dough]? They said to him, a student came here and instructed us that egg water does not prepare. We are boiling eggs and use their water to knead. They thought he was talking about cooking water of eggs when he spoke only of the eggs themselves. Rebbi Jacob bar Idi said, at that moment they decreed that a student may not render decisions. Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Ḥuna: If a student gives instructions even according to practice, his instructions are no instructions.

תַּנֵּי. תַּלְמִיד שֶׁהוֹרָה הֲלָכָה לִפְנֵי רַבּוֹ חַיָיב מִיתָה. תַּנֵּי בְשֵׁם רִבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. לֹא מֵת נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא אֶלָּא עַל יְדֵי שֶׁהוֹרוּ הֲלָכָה לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה רַבָּן. מַעֲשֶׂה בְּתַלֲמִיד אֶחָד שֶׁהוֹרָה לִפְנֵי רַבּוֹ רִבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. אָמַר לְאִימָּא שָׁלוֹם אִשְׁתּוֹ. אֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא שַׁבָּתוֹ. וְלֹא יָצָאת שַׁבָּתוֹ עַד שֶׁמֵּת. אָמְרוּ לוֹ תַלְמִידָיו. רִבִּי נָבִיא אַתָּה. אָמַר לָהֶן. לֹא נָבִיא אָנֹכִי וְלֹא בֶן נָבִיא אָנֹכִי. אֶלָּא כָךְ אֲנִי מְקוּבָּל שֶׁכָּל תַּלְמִיד מוֹרֶה הֲלָכָה בִּפְנֵי רַבּוֹ חַיָיב מִיתָה. תַּנֵּי אָסוּר לְתַלְמִיד לְהוֹרוֹת הֲלָכָה לִפְנֵי רַבּוֹ עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא רָחוֹק מִמֶּנּוּ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מִיל כְּמַחֲנֶה יִשְׂרָאֵל. וּמַה טַעַם. וַיַּחֲנוּ עַל הַיַּרְדֵן מִבֵּית הַיְּשִׁימוֹת עַד אָבֵל הַשִּׁיטִּים בְּעַרְבוֹת מוֹאָב. וְכַמָּה הֵן. שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מִיל כְּמַחֲנֶה יִשְׂרָאֵל. כְּהָדָא רִבִּי תַנְחוּם בַּר יִרְמְיָה הֲוָה בְחֵפֶר. וַהֲווֹן שְׁאָלוֹן לֵיהּ וְהוּא מוֹרֶה. אָמְרִין לֵיהּ. וְלֹא כֵן אוּלְפָן רִבִּי שֶׁאָסוּר לְתַלְמִיד לְהוֹרוֹת הֲלָכָה לִפְנֵי רַבּוֹ עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא רָחוֹק מִמֶּנּוּ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מִיל כְּמַחֲנֶה יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְהָא רִבִּי מָנָא רַבָּךְ יְתִיב בְּצִיפּוֹרִין. אָמַר לוֹן יֵיתִי עָלַי דְלָא יָדְעִית. מִן הַהִיא שַׁעְתָּא לָא אוֹרֵי.

It was stated: A student who gave instructions about practice in front of his teacher has committed a deadly sin. It was stated in the name of Rebbi Eliezer: Nadab and Abihu died only because they determined practice in the presence of their teacher Moses. It happened that a student gave instructions about practice in front of his teacher Rebbi Eliezer. The latter said to his wife Imma Shalom: That one will not live out his week. The week was not completed when he died. His students said to him: Rebbi, you are a prophet. He said to them (Amos 7:14) “I am neither a prophet nor the disciple of a prophet” but I have received a tradition that any student who gives instructions about practice in front of his teacher has committed a deadly sin. It was stated: A student is forbidden to give instructions about practice during the lifetime of his teacher unless he be at a distance of at least 12 mil from him, [the breadth of] the camp of Israel. What is the reason? (Num. 33:49) “They encamped along the Jordan from Bet Hayyešimot to Abel Haššiṭṭim in the plains of Moab”; how far is this? Twelve mil. Like this: Rebbi Tanḥum ben Jeremiah was in Ḥefer; they asked him and he gave instructions about practice. They said to him, did the Rabbi not teach us that a student may not give instructions about practice during the lifetime of his teacher unless he be at a distance of at least 12 mil from him, [the breadth of] the camp of Israel; and your teacher Rebbi Ḥana sits at Sepphoris! He said to them, so it should come over me that I did not know! From that moment on he did no longer give instructions.

רִבִּי הֲוָה בְעַכּוֹ. חָמָא חַד בַּר נַשׁ מִכֵּיפְתָא וּלְעֵיל. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. לֵית אַתְּ בְּרֵיהּ דְּפַלָּן כַּהֲנָא וְלֹא הֲוָה אָבוּךְ כֹּהֵן. אָמַר לֵיהּ. עֵינָיו שֶׁלְּאַבָּא הָיוּ גְבוֹהוֹת וְנָשָׂא אִשָׂה שֶׁאֵינָהּ הוֹגֶנֶת לוֹ וְחִילֵּל אוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ.

Rebbi was in Acco when he saw a man on the rock. He said to him, “are you not the son of the Cohen X, was your father not a Cohen?” He said to him, “the eyes of my father were high, but he married a woman unfit for him and profaned this man.”

עַיָירוֹת שֶׁבִּתְחוּם צִיפּוֹרִין הַסְּמוּכוֹת לְעַכּוֹ. עַיָירוֹת שֶׁבִּתְחוּם עַכּוֹ הַסְּמוּכוֹת לְצִיפּוֹרִין. מַה אַתְּ עֲבַד לוֹן. כְּעַכּוֹ. כְּצִיפּוֹרִין.

The villages in the territory of Sepphoris close to Acco, the villages in the territory of Acco close to Sepphoris, what do you do with them? Like Acco, like Sepphoris?