Gittin 3:2-3

Gittin 3:2

One who writes a get must leave spaces for the man’s name, the woman’s name and the date. When one writes a promissory note, he must leave spaces for the names of the lender and the borrower, the amount and the date. A bill of sale must leave spaces for the names of the buyer and seller, the amount, the details of the field and the date; this was enacted to make it easier for scribes to have documents ready in advance. Rabbi Yehuda disqualifies all of these pre-arranged documents; Rabbi Elazar permits all of them except for a get, as per Deuteronomy 24:3, “then he writes for her.” We see that a get must be written specifically for the woman.

Gittin 3:3

If a messenger brings a get and loses it, if he finds it immediately, it is still valid; if not, it is invalid. If he finds it in a small bag or in a briefcase and he recognizes it, it is valid. If a messenger brings a get but the husband who sent the messenger was old or ill, the messenger delivers the get to the woman based on the assumption that the husband is still alive. If the daughter of a Yisroel married a kohein and her husband travels overseas, she may continue to eat terumah based on the assumption that he is still alive. If a person sends a sin-offering to the Temple from overseas, they offer it based on the assumption that he is still alive.