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A new Mishna teaches us that a husband can give his wife the get on the condition that she pay him a sum of money - 200 dinars, for example, which is significant. In that case, they are said to be divorced only when she gives him that money.
How can this be? First, and this is not discussed by the Gemara initially, how can the get come with a caveat like money owed? The point of the get is that the wife is guaranteed sustenance if the couple divorces. If she owes her husband money, then only a wealthy woman can meet the condition of such a get.
While discussing situations where the husband gives his wife a divorce that is conditional on some event taking place (e.g., that a monetary payment will be made), the Gemara brings other situations where a conditional agreement is made and it is not clear whether the condition was fulfilled.
We present Rabbi Yona Reiss’s transcribed lecture on Torah and Madda in the context of Beis Din.