(R. Yochanan): R. Shimon [is Machshir a predated Get] only if it was [written during the day and signed] at night, but Machar (the next day), even R. Shimon agrees [that it is Pasul].

(Reish Lakish): There is no difference between night, Machar or after several days. (R. Shimon is Machshir in every case.)

Question: What is 'Machar' (that R. Yochanan says that R. Shimon disqualifies)?

Answer: R. Chananyah and R. Mana - one of them said the next day, and the other said, the day after the next day.

Question (against R. Yochanan): Didn't R. Ba say in the name of R. Ze'ira, that R. Shimon holds like R. Elazar? Just like R. Elazar says that even though there are no witnesses on [the Get], it is Kosher [through Edei Mesirah], so R. Shimon says that [Gitin of Nochri courts,] even though there are no [Yisrael] witnesses on it, it is Kosher [through Edei Mesirah. The Get does not depend on the signatures!]

Answer (R. Shmuel, the brother of R. Berachiyah): Here (in our Mishnah), he wants to sign [witnesses on his Get before giving it. Therefore, it is not a Get until it is signed.] Here (Gitin of Nochri courts), he does not want to sign [Kosher witnesses] on it. (It is Kosher through Edei Mesirah alone.)

If one told 10 men 'sign on this Get', and some of them signed today, and some of the signed tomorrow - Reish Lakish said, it is Kosher. [He intended only that two be witnesses,] and the rest sign only to fulfill his stipulation (so they need not sign the same day);

R. Yochanan said that it is Pasul, unless all of them sign the same day (for all of them are witnesses. Therefore, it is not enough to testify about two of the signatures. According to Reish Lakish, the husband wanted only two witnesses, so it suffices to testify about two of them.)

(R. Yakov bar Acha citing R. Yehoshua ben Levi): A case occurred in which one told 10 'sign the Get', and some of them signed today, and some of the signed tomorrow. The case came in front of Rabanan. They were Machshir like R. Shimon [because it was pressed circumstances, but l'Chatchilah they would be] concerned for Rabanan.

This [episode] supports R. Yochanan from Rabanan (they were concerned for Rabanan, because all of them are witnesses and they did not sign on the same day), and argues with him from R. Shimon (they were Machshir in pressed circumstances like R. Shimon, even though some signed Machar, unlike R. Yochanan said). It supports Reish Lakish from R. Shimon (it shows that R. Shimon is Machshir even when they signed Machar), and argues with him from Rabanan (who hold that all of them are witnesses).

Note: According to the opinion said that 'Machar' is the day after the next day, R. Yochanan can say that here, they signed the next day, and this is why it was Kosher according to R. Shimon! (PF)