SOTAH 2025 Iyyun Shiur #1 Audio
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Tannaim dispute whether kinui sotah is a mitzvah or reshut. The stamma d'gemara assumes that kinui sotah is either lekhatchilah or assur. Amoraim dispute whether the husband who is mekanei his wife is under the sway of a ruach taharah or rather a ruach tum'ah. How can these positions best be aligned, reconciled, and/or synthesized? How do they relate to rishonim's statements about the purpose of the institution?