Halakhah for Isaiah 60:4
שְׂאִֽי־סָבִ֤יב עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ וּרְאִ֔י כֻּלָּ֖ם נִקְבְּצ֣וּ בָֽאוּ־לָ֑ךְ בָּנַ֙יִךְ֙ מֵרָח֣וֹק יָבֹ֔אוּ וּבְנֹתַ֖יִךְ עַל־צַ֥ד תֵּאָמַֽנָה׃
Lift Up thine eyes round about, and see: They all are gathered together, and come to thee; Thy sons come from far, And thy daughters are borne on the side.
Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer
A man close to death (As explained by Targum "on the side" (Isaiah 60:4), On gisiseihen, as if to say, on their chest, which means [a person] close to death who brings up liquid to his throat because of pain in the heart), is like he's alive and is able to divorce [his wife]. Rem"a: And some say specifically a man close to death who can still speak. But one who cannot speak, not. (Smag and Smak, and the Mordechai). Some are stringent.
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