A messenger does not appoint another messenger

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A messenger does not appoint another messenger

A messenger does not appoint another messenger

A messenger cannot appoint another messenger in his place on his own accord, against the will of the one who sent him.

(Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: In any case, a messenger does not appoint another messenger. - Gittin 29a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין הַשָּׁלִיחַ עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלִיחַ

Definition (Hebrew)

אֵין הַשָּׁלִיחַ יָכוֹל לִבְחֹר לְעַצְמוֹ שָׁלִיחַ אַחֵר בִּמְקוֹמוֹ עַל דַּעַת עַצְמוֹ בְּנִגּוּד לִרְצוֹן הַשּׁוֹלֵחַ שֶׁשָּׁלַח אוֹתוֹ.

("רַשְׁבָּ"ג אוֹמֵר בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ אֵין הַשָּׁלִיחַ עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלִיחַ "-גִּטִּין כט ע"א)

Keyword

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