Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, any man...
This week's פרשה speaks about the sin of סוטה. A סוטה is a woman who is suspected of being "disloyal" to her husband, was then brought to בית דין, where they tell her to drink a special formula of water; made of many different items including the שם ה׳. If she survives the drink then she is free to go, if she is guilty however she dies from the drink.
The פסוק above is the פסוק that talks about סוטה. However the פסוק is phrased strangely. It looks like there was an extra word added, it says איש twice. רשי asks why it is phrased this way? What is with the extra word? His answer is that it is because it is not that she is desecrating her earthly husband, she is also destroying her relationship with her "heavenly" husband. When a person gets married they are not only marrying their husbands, they are forming a new type of relationship with ה׳.
Here is another question to think about. What about when someone does another אבירה, like stealing from your friend, or anything like that. Doesn't that destroy their relationship with ה׳? (question of Rav Moshe Beigelman).
I believe there is a deep answer to this question. Any other אבירה that a person may do is a desacration of ה׳ but not in the same way. When you act out against your fellow man you are desecrating ה׳ because He doesn't want you to hurt your fellows. However by our case it is as if you are pushing ה׳ out of this world and out of your life. The action of זנות (the relations) is the complete opposite of קדושה, and if a person immerses themselves in this type of activity they are showing a complete lack of belief in ה׳ and don't care that they are pushing Him away.
Here is another question to think about. What about when someone does another אבירה, like stealing from your friend, or anything like that. Doesn't that destroy their relationship with ה׳? (question of Rav Moshe Beigelman).
I believe there is a deep answer to this question. Any other אבירה that a person may do is a desacration of ה׳ but not in the same way. When you act out against your fellow man you are desecrating ה׳ because He doesn't want you to hurt your fellows. However by our case it is as if you are pushing ה׳ out of this world and out of your life. The action of זנות (the relations) is the complete opposite of קדושה, and if a person immerses themselves in this type of activity they are showing a complete lack of belief in ה׳ and don't care that they are pushing Him away.
Have a Great Shabbos
Yoni Spigelman
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