Whether Get Delivery Requires a Beis Din of Three

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Meir

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The Chasam Sofer rejects the Noda BiYehudah's position that a get requires a panel of three judges analogous to chalitzah. He argues that the Or Zarua's comparison of get to a judicial proceeding — the basis for the Noda BiYehudah's ruling — actually undermines rather than supports requiring three, and that the prevailing custom of having three present relates only to questioning witnesses and signing the release documents, not to the get itself.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer EH II §65

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