Excerpt from Geonica, Vol. 2: Genizah Studies The third Responsum is an answer to the following question: One of two witnesses who had signed a bill of divorce declared that the divorce was not valid, because the husband was forced by the ruler of the place, msw, to divorce his wife. In his answer the Gaon treats very exhaustively the legal maxim Tam um um 31w $a in, showing when witnesses may modify statements made by them previously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.