Gittin 9:8-9

Gittin 9:8

If a get was written in Hebrew and the witnesses signed in Greek, or vice versa, or if one witness signed in Hebrew and the other signed in Greek, or if the scribe signed the get with one witness - in all of these cases, the get is valid. If a witness signed “(Name), witness” [but he did not include “son of (father’s name)”], the get is valid. If he signed it “The son of (father’s name), witness” [but not his own name], the get is valid. If he signed “(Name), son of (father’s name)” [but not “witness”], the get is valid. This latter format was the style used by the concise men of Jerusalem. If the scribe wrote the husband’s or wife’s nickname in a get, it is valid. If a Jewish court (beis din) compels a man to divorce his wife, the get is valid; if non-Jews compel him, it is invalid. If the beis din hires non-Jews to beat the husband to compel him to abide by their ruling that he must divorce this wife, the get is valid.

Gittin 9:9

If a woman is reported to be betrothed (to a particular man), she is considered betrothed (and would require a get to marry another man). If she is reported to be divorced (from the betrothal), then she is considered divorced (and may marry another man). This applies so long as there is no mitigating circumstance. Examples of such a mitigating circumstance would be if it were reported that she had been conditionally divorced (because the condition might not have been met) or that the man tossed her the money to betroth her and it is unclear whether it landed closer to her or to him.