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[Saul Mashbaum]

RMBerger:

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... causes are chal before effects,
except in the case of hasaras hamonei'ah, where gito veyado ba'im
ke'achas. At least that's the position of R' Amiel, the only
one I know who addresses it. See R' Ralph Frankel's summary at
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol06/v06n121.shtml#07>.

>>


This very idea is also found in Minchat Asher on Gittin by R. Asher
Zelig Weiss,  Siman 31;2 page 135, and in Siman 32 p 137 ff.

Brief paraphrase (of a small part of the extensive discussion):

As a rule, the cause precedes the effect, as elementary logic
dictates. However, chazal determined that a the procedure does not
have a positive effect but rather a negative one ( as in get isha or
get shichrur ), and  there is some factor which prevents it from
taking effect which the procedure would remove, we say the cause and
effect are simultaneous, and the preventing factor does not have the
power to prevent the action which comes to nullify it.


Saul Mashbaum