The Shulchan Aruch · Even HaEzer
אבן העזר קל״הEven HaEzer 135
Siman 135 of 178 in Even HaEzer — 5 se'ifim
הלכות גיטיןLaws of Gittin· siman 135
Se’if 1א׳
הָעֵדִים שֶׁנּוֹתְנִים הַגֵּט לִפְנֵיהֶם צְרִיכִים לִקְרוֹתוֹ קֹדֶם נְתִינָה. וְטוֹב לִקְרוֹתוֹ גַּם לְאַחַר נְתִינָה; וְאִם לֹא קְרָאוּהוּ אֶלָּא לְאַחַר נְתִינָה בִּלְבַד, מְגֹרֶשֶׁת. הַגָּה: וְכֵן אִם יָעִידוּ בְּטוֹב שֶׁזֶּהוּ גִּטָּהּ (בְּסֵדֶר הַגֵּט). וּלְכַתְּחִלָּה אָנוּ נוֹהֲגִין שֶׁהֶחָכָם הַמְסַדֵּר הַגֵּט קוֹרֵא אוֹתוֹ תְּחִלָּה וְסוֹף עִם הָעֵדִים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ שׁוֹאֵל לַסוֹפֵר אִם זֶהוּ הַגֵּט שֶׁכָּתַב לִשְׁמוֹ וְלִשְׁמָהּ וּלְשֵׁם גֵּרוּשִׁין, וְאַחַר כָּךְ שׁוֹאֵל לְכָל אֶחָד מֵהָעֵדִים אִם מַכִּיר חֲתִימָתוֹ וַחֲתִימַת חֲבֵרוֹ, וְאִם חָתְמוּ זֶה בִּפְנֵי זֶה (כ"ז מ"כ בְּקֻנְטְרֵס וּבְסֵדֶר גִּטִּין):
Witnesses give the divorce document in front of them (the couple)need to read it before giving it. Its goof to read it again after you give it. If you don't read it then just give it, and they are divorced. Ramah says so if they testify in that this was a proper ceremony of presenting the divorce document. In the quintessential case we follow the custom that a wise man presents the divorce document and reads it to them in the beginning and in the end with the witnesses. Afterward ask the scribe if the divorce document that he wrote and the names of the couple involved. After that ask one witness if he can sign his name and his friends name.
Se’if 2ב׳
קְרָאוּהוּ וּנְתָנוּהוּ לַבַּעַל אוֹ לִשְׁלוּחוֹ, וְהִכְנִיסוֹ לְבֵית יָדוֹ וּנְתָנוֹ לָהּ, צָרִיךְ לִקְרוֹתוֹ פַּעַם שֵׁנִית קֹדֶם שֶׁיִּתְּנֵהוּ לָהּ. וְאִם לֹא קְרָאוּהוּ, וּנְתָנוֹ לָהּ וּזְרָקַתּוֹ לַיָּם אוֹ לָאֵשׁ, הֲרֵי זוֹ מְגֹרֶשֶׁת; הוֹאִיל וּקְרָאוּהוּ תְּחִלָּה אֵין חוֹשְׁשִׁין לוֹ שֶׁהֶחֱלִיפוֹ. וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא אֲפִלּוּ אָמַר הַבַּעַל: שְׁטָר אַחֵר הָיָה וְלֹא הָיָה הַגֵּט שֶׁקְּרָאתֶם, אֵינוֹ נֶאֱמָן, וַהֲרֵי הִיא מְגֹרֶשֶׁת. וְאִם הַגֵּט בְּיָדוֹ וּמַרְאֶה אוֹתוֹ, נֶאֱמָן, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁלֹּא נִשֵּׂאת:
Read it and give it to the owner or the messenger (it being the divorce document). He enter to his house and gives it to her. If its not read, give it to her and throw in to water or fire. Behold now she is divorced. Since it is read at the beginning there is no concern that is was switched. There is more, rather even the owner says: another document is read instead of the divorce document, it doesn't matter and behold she is divorced. And if the divorce document is handed and seen by him, any time is fine to deliver it.
Se’if 3ג׳
הֲרֵי שֶׁלֹּא קָרְאוּ הַגֵּט תְּחִלָּה, וּנְתָנוֹ לָהּ בִּפְנֵיהֶם וּזְרָקַתּוּ לָאוּר אוֹ לַיָּם, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהַבַּעַל אוֹמֵר: גֵּט כָּשֵׁר הָיָה, הֲרֵי זוֹ סְפֵק מְגֹרֶשֶׁת. הַגָּה: וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם נִשֵּׂאת, תֵּצֵא (תּוֹסָפוֹת בְּלָשׁוֹן אַחֵר, וְכ"כ הַב"י בְּשֵׁם רַשְׁבָּ"א וְר"י ח"ה). אֲבָל אִם הַגֵּט עֲדַיִן יוֹצֵא מִתַּחַת יָדָהּ, אִם נִשֵּׂאת לֹא תֵּצֵא, אֲבָל לֹא תִּנָּשֵׂא בְּגֵט זֶה מֵאַחַר שֶׁלֹּא קָרְאוּ אוֹתוֹ תֵּכֶף אַחַר הַנְּתִינָה (כֵּן מַשְׁמַע מֵר' יְרוּחָם הַנַּ"ל וּדְלָא כַּב"י); וְיֵשׁ חוֹלְקִין:
Behold, [if] they didn't originally read the divorce document, and he gave it to her in front of them (the witnesses) and he threw it into a fire or the sea, even though the husband says, "It was a valid divorce document," behold this is a doubtful divorce. Ram"a: And even if she [re]marries, she goes out (Tosfot in the other version, and such does the Beit Yosef write in the name of the Rashb"a and R"i). But if the divorce document still comes out from under her hands, if she [re]marries, she does not go out, but she shouldn't [re]marry with this divorce document since they didn't read it immediately after the giving [of it] (so is it implied from Rabbeinu Yerucham mentioned earlier and not like the Beit Yosef); and some argue.
Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer — Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain
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