Gittin Explained

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Gittin (Hebrew:) is a tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the order of Nashim. The content of the tractate primarily deals with the legal provisions related to halakhic divorce, in particular, the laws relating to the Get (divorce document),^[1] although the tractate contains a number of other social provisions which are only vaguely related to that subject. The tractate also contains numerous historical references relating to the time of the Jewish-Roman wars-Roman war and the destruction of the Temple as well as the Jewish uprising.^[2] The laws of the divorce itself, including when a divorce is permitted or even required, are discussed in other tractates, namely Ketubot.^[3]

The word get (Hebrew:) is thought to be an Akkadian word and generally refers to a written document.^[4]

See also

• Get (divorce document)

External links

• Mishnah Gittin text in Hebrew
• Full Hebrew and English text of the Mishnah for tractate Gittin on Sefaria
• Full Hebrew and English text of the Talmud Bavli for tractate Gittin on Sefaria
• Full Hebrew text of the Talmud Yerushalmi for tractate Gittin on Sefaria
• Full Hebrew text of the Tosefta for tractate Gittin on Sefaria

Notes and References

1. Web site: Introduction to Masechet Gittin . July 10, 2008 . . October 14, 2018 .
2. Web site: The Fall of Betar . chabad.org . . December 1, 2018.
3. Web site: Gittin, Introduction to Gittin . . Sefaria . November 4, 2018 . The situations in which divorce is permitted, justified, or even obligatory are discussed in other tractates, especially Ketubot..
4. The Recent Study of Hebrew: A Survey of the Literature with Selected Bibliography, Nahum M. Waldman, Eisenbrauns, 1989