Talmud sobre Isaías 38:16

⁷From Terumot 1:1, Notes 52–55. The slightly different Terumot text is given in the second column.“If sometimes he is insane and sometimes healthy. When he is insane he is insane in all regards, when healthy he is normal in all regards.” A case came before Samuel who said, when he is of sound mind he should deliver the bill of divorce. Why? Samuel follows Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish; as Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said⁸In the next paragraph., when he regains his sanity. It follows that Samuel acted according to Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish who said, only if he is of sound mind may he deliver the bill of divorce; (Is. 38:16) “make me healthy and let me live!⁹The verse is quoted correctly in Terumot.”

⁵²A similar text in Tosephta 1:3.“It sometimes he is insane [when he is sometimes healthy he is normal in all regards], when he is insane he is insane in all regards, when healthy he is normal in all regards.⁵³He is a responsible and competent person in all legal respects.” A case came before Samuel who said, when he is of sound mind he should deliver the divorce document⁵⁴It is not enough that he be sane when telling the scribe to write and the witnesses to sign; he must also be sane when he delivers the document. Whether a document can be held over a spell of insanity is a matter of dispute between R. Simeon ben Laqish and R. Joḥanan in Giṭṭin 7:1.; one must investigate⁵⁵The text in Giṭṭin is slightly different: “Samuel holds with R. Simeon ben Laqish.” following Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish; as Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, when he is of even mind; that is as Samuel [acted]. Following Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish who said, only if he is of sound mind he may deliver the divorce document; (Is. 38:16) “make me healthy and let me live!”