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(1) One who brings a bill of divorce from overseas must say, "[This document] was written and signed in my presence." Rabban Gamliel says, "[This statement must be made] even [when it was brought] from Rekem and Cheger." Rabbi Elazar says, "Even from Kefar Luddim to Lydda." And the Sages say, "Only one who brings the bill of divorce from overseas or one who brings it there must say, 'It was written and signed in my presence.'" And one who brings [a bill of divorce] from one province to another, in an overseas land must say, 'It was written and signed in my presence.'" Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says, "Even from [one] district to [another] district."

(2) Rabbi Yehudah says, "From Rekem to the East and Rekem is like the East; from Ashkelon to the South and Ashkelon is like the South; from Acco to the North and Acco is like the North." Rabbi Meir says, "Acco is like Eretz Yisrael with regard to bills of divorce."

(3) [With regard to] one who brings a bill of divorce within Eretz Yisrael, he need not say, "It was written and signed in my presence." If there are any objectors [to its validity], [its validity] must be upheld by [confirming the signatures of] its signatories. [With regard to] one who brings a bill of divorce from overseas, and is not able to say, "It was written and signed in my presence," [its validity] must be upheld by [confirming the signatures of] its signatories.

(4) Both bills of divorce of women and deeds of manumission for slaves, are alike with regard to one who brings them from, or brings them to [a distant land]. And this is one of the ways in which [the laws of] bills of divorce and deeds of manumission are alike.