A scribe wrote a get to practice his scribal skills. A man found it and noticed it bore his name, his wife's name, and his city. He used it to divorce his wife. What is the status of this divorce?
Halacha 1 states explicitly that a get written for practice (not for the sake of the specific man and woman) is void, even if all names happen to match.
Question 2
A man writes a get intending to divorce his wife, then changes his mind. Another man with the same name and wife's name takes it and uses it to divorce his own wife. What is the ruling?
Halacha 2 rules the divorce invalid: although the get was written to effect a divorce, it was not written for the sake of the second man and his wife.
Question 3
According to Halacha 7, what portions may scribes pre-write in a get blank?
Halacha 7 states that Sages permitted scribes to pre-write the standard text of gittin, leaving blank the places for the man's name, the woman's name, the date, and the essential phrase.
Question 4
A get was lost and later found in a place not frequented by caravans. It is subsequently established that another man with the same name as the husband had passed through that location. What is the status if the woman is divorced with this get?
Halacha 10 rules that if another man with the same name passed through the location — even without tarrying — we suspect the get belongs to the other person, rendering the divorce doubtful.
Question 5
Which of the following individuals is permitted to write a get according to Halacha 15?
Halacha 15 explicitly states that a woman may write her own get. Gentiles, servants, deaf-mutes, the mentally incompetent, and minors are all disqualified.