then you are divorced,” she is divorced, because he has spoken to her through the latter statement. Hence, if he says, “I intended it merely as emphasis,” his claim is accepted.

His statement: “If he repeats it twice, then two divorces; and if three times, then three.” If he says to her, “If I speak to you, then you are divorced,” she is not divorced. Then, if he says, “If I speak to you, then you are divorced,” she is divorced once. Then, if he says, “If I speak to you, then you are divorced,” she is divorced a second time. Then, if he says, “If I speak to you, then you are divorced,” she is divorced a third time, because he has spoken to her. If he says it a fourth time—“If I speak to you, then you are divorced”—nothing takes effect upon her, because she has become irrevocably divorced.