Mishnayos Gittin Perek 3 Mishnah 6
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With regard to an agent who is bringing a bill of divorce from a country overseas, who must attest to the fact that he witnessed the writing and signing of the bill of divorce, and he became sick and cannot complete his agency, he appoints another agent in court and sends him. And the first agent says before the court: It was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence, and on the basis of this the court deems the bill of divorce to be valid. And the final agent does not need to say: It was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence. Rather, it is sufficient that he says: I am an agent of the court.
הַמֵּבִיא גֵט מִמְּדִינַת הַיָּם וְחָלָה, עוֹשֶׂה בֵית דִּין וּמְשַׁלְּחוֹ, וְאוֹמֵר לִפְנֵיהֶם, בְּפָנַי נִכְתַּב וּבְפָנַי נֶחְתָּם. וְאֵין שָׁלִיחַ אַחֲרוֹן צָרִיךְ שֶׁיֹּאמַר בְּפָנַי נִכְתַּב וּבְפָנַי נֶחְתָּם, אֶלָּא אוֹמֵר, שְׁלִיחַ בֵּית דִּין אָנִי:
Bartenura
עושה ב״ד. שליח, ומשלחו:
שליח ב״ד אני. ומסתמא ב״ד עשו הדבר בהכשרו. ושליח שני ממנה שליח שלישי עד מאה, וכולן בב״ד, מדתנן במתניתין אין השליח האחרון כו׳ אלא אומר שליח ב״ד אני:
עושה בית דין – [the court appoints] an agent and sends him
שליח בית דין אני – without further qualification, the Jewish court did this validating him, and the second agent appoints a third agent, [and so-on-and-so-forth] until [the] one-hundred[th agent], and all of them are [appointed] in the Jewish court, since it is taught in our Mishnah, “the last agent [does not have to say, ‘it was written in my presence and signed in my presence’]” but only says that “I am the agent of the [Jewish] court.”