Gittin - Daf 62
- Greeting idolators, and how Geniva greeted Torah scholars (מלכי רבנן)
Rav was quoted to say: ואין כופלין שלום לעובד כוכבים – One may not give a double greeting of “Shalom” to an idolator (because once is sufficient for purposes of harmony). Rav Chisda would greet idolators first, to avoid responding with the customary double greeting. Rav Kahana would say, "שלמא למר", - Shalom to the master (Rashi explains he secretly intended his own teacher). A Baraisa teaches that on an idolator’s holiday, one may not enter his home and greet him, because this extra honor may bring him to thank his gods. If he meets him in the marketplace, נותן לו בשפה רפה ובכובד ראש – [the Jew] may give him a greeting in a low voice and subdued manner. Rav Huna and Rav Chisda were once sitting together, and Geniva approached them and said, "שלמא עלייכו מלכי שלמא עלייכו מלכי" – Shalom to you, kings! Shalom to you, kings!” They asked him for his source for calling Rabbis kings, and he answered with a passuk: בי מלכים ימלוכו – Through me [the Torah], kings reign. They asked for his source for offering a double greeting to kings, and he quoted a passuk where someone said “Shalom, shalom,” to Dovid Hamelech.
- When the husband can retract if he or the wife appoint a shaliach
The sixth Perek begins: האומר התקבל גט זה לאשתי – One who tells someone, “Accept this get for my wife,” או הולך גט זה לאשתי – or, “Bring this get to my wife,” אם רצה לחזור יחזור – if the husband wants to retract before she receives it, he may retract, because the get does not take effect until she receives it. האשה שאמרה התקבל לי גיטי – If a woman tells someone, “Accept my get for me,” אם רצה לחזור לא יחזור – if [the husband] wishes to retract after giving the get to the shaliach, he may not retract (he is a שליח לקבלה, and the get is effective when he receives it). The husband can avoid this by saying: אי איפשי שתקבל לה אלא הולך ותן לה – “I do not want you to accept it for her, rather, bring it and give it to her,” allowing the shaliach to only act as a שליח להולכה on his behalf. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: אף האומרת טול לי גיטי אם רצה לחזור לא יחזור – Even if [a woman] says, “Take my get for me,” if [the husband] wishes to retract, he may not retract (because the word טול implies “accept”).
- A man acting as a שליח לקבלה, or a woman acting as a שליח להולכה
The Gemara discusses who can act as each type of shaliach for a divorce. פשיטא איש הוי שליח להולכה – It is certain that a man may act as a shaliach for delivery of a get, שכן בעל מוליך גט לאשתו – because a husband brings a get to his wife, so it is logical that a man may be a shaliach for delivery. ואשה הויא שליח לקבלה – It is also clear that a woman may act as a shaliach for acceptance, שכן אשה מקבלת גיטה מיד בעלה – because a woman ordinarily accepts a get from her husband, so it is logical that a woman may be a shaliach for acceptance. The Gemara asks: איש לקבלה והאשה להולכה מאי – Regarding appointing a man for accepting a get, or a woman for delivering a get, what is the halachah? Since a man does not receive a get, and a woman does not deliver it, can they serve as sheluchim in those capacities? The Gemara proves from our Mishnah, which discusses a single shaliach acting as either a שליח להולכה or שליח לקבלה, that at least a man qualifies as a שליח לקבלה, because we find that a father may accept a get for his minor daughter. The Gemara then quotes the Mishnah on Daf 23b, which discusses women delivering gittin, and proves that a woman can be a שליח להולכה.
