גֵּרוּשִׁין

גֵּרוּשִׁין, גֵּירוּשִׁיןm. pl. (גרש) sending off, divorce. Gen. R. s. 19; Lam. R. introd. 4 (ref. to Gen. 3:23 sq.) דנתי אותו בשלוחין ובג׳ I punished him with expulsion and banishment.Gitt.64a שליש אומר לגי׳ the trustee says (the letter has been given me not as a deposit but) as a letter of divorce which I was authorized by thy wife to receive in her behalf.Y.Kidd.I, 58c top גוים אין לחן ג׳ the law of divorce (according to Deut. 24:3) does not apply to gentiles. Ib. או שאין להם ג׳וכ׳ either they have not the institution of divorce, or either may divorce the other; Gen. R. s. 18; a. fr.