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Does vechasav venasan mean the writing and giving must be consecutive acts, or does it define what constitutes a valid ksivas get? The shiur develops that a get written while still attached (mechubar) is not merely unkosher—it isn't a get at all, since only writing on something deliverable qualifies as ksiva. This chakira explains why Rav Meir holds chasima requires lishmah while ksiva does not, and raises whether eidei chasima function as part of the get or merely as testimony.
The Gemara (גמרא) on daf gimmel amud aleph opens by examining the principle of vechasav venasan—the Torah (תורה)'s juxtaposition of writing a get and delivering it. The straightforward reading suggests that there cannot be any interruption between the act of writing and the act of giving. Rabbi Zweig asks a fundamental question: why must this principle apply from the very beginning of the writing? Perhaps it means only that once the get is finished being written, it must be immediately deliverable, but the beginning of the writing process need not anticipate the eventual delivery. To sharpen the question: suppose we hold like Rabbeinu Tam that both ksiva (writing the text) and chasima (witnesses' signatures) require lishmah (proper intent for this specific divorce). Even so, why does the Gemara assume that writing while the parchment is still attached to the ground (mechuber) creates an "interruption" between ksiva and nesina? After all, by the time the writing is complete and the chasima is affixed (now detached/talush), there is no interruption between the completion of the get and its delivery. The interruption argument should only apply if vechasav venasan requires contiguity from the start of writing, not merely from its completion.
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Gittin 3a-b
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