Can you send written testimony to a rabbinical court or do you need to go in person? What happens to the witness during his testimony…

When we ask someone to do something, can we assume she has done it? This week we will analyze the different approaches in the commentaries…

Why Was the Temple Destroyed? Why do the aggadot of the destruction appear in the fifth chapter of Gittin? Through our learning, we will reveal…

What is the significance of taking an oath in the name of God? How does this demonstrate our sages’ insight into the human psyche? And…

Clearly an important mitzva – but is there a threshold? Through an analysis of the sugya and the rishonim, we will see how the halakha…

How did Hillel undermine a mitzva from the Torah? What is the role of halakha? And what do we do if we feel that the…

Can a messenger carry out a mission after the death of the sender? Our sugya (Gittin 29) – which discusses a messenger appointing another messenger…

What is more complicated: to bring a get or to receive a get? This week’s Gefet explores the logic behind these issues.   Gefet with…

Shuda – The Messenger Gets to Decide In our sugya, we are dealing with a case where one sent money to another through a messenger…

We generally recognize the term li’shma in the context of Limmud Torah and observing mitzvot but surprisingly, in Masechet Gittin we learn that a get…