Bagian Terkait Bilangan 5:23

HALAKHAH: “Then he starts writing the scroll,” etc. Rebbi Crispus said, Rebbi Joḥanan and Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish⁹³The short form ריש לקיש is a Babylonism. disagreed. One said, he administers the oath and then he writes; the other one said, he writes and then he administers the oath. They wanted to say that he who says, he administers the oath and then he writes, follows what is written in the verse¹²¹Administering the oath is mentioned in verses 19 and 21; writing the curses is only mentioned in v. 23, followed by the commandment to let the woman drink the water in v. 24. But then the ceremony is interrupted by presenting the flour offering and it is stated (vv. 26, 27) that only after that the water is to be given. but he who says, he writes and then he administers the oath, to join the oath to the drinking¹²²The Babli [17b, 19b, quoted in Num. rabba 5(45)] solves the problem by requiring that the scroll be written after the wife has agreed to the oath but before it is administered.. There are Tannaїm who state: The conditions¹²³All details of the procedure outlined in the verses. The first opinion holds that the entire procedure is invalid if one detail is wrong. The second opinion holds that the procedure becomes invalid only if the water is given before the oath was administered. and the oaths impede; there are Tannaїm who state: The oaths impede, the conditions do not impede. They wanted to say that he who says, the conditions and the oaths impede, holds that “law” and “teaching” impedes¹²⁴It is a generally accepted principle (Babli Menaḥot 19a) that any biblical precept characterized as חוּקָּה or תּוֹרָה is invalid if not executed to the letter. The procedure of the suspected wife is called תורה in v. 30.; but he who says, the oaths impede, the conditions do not impede, does not agree. Certainly he does agree¹²⁵Nobody disagrees with the rule expressed in Note 124. but they¹²⁶The sequence of execution of the ceremony may not follow the sequence of the verses; cf. Mishnah 3:1. are not [written] in order. It turns out that this disagreement is like the previous disagreement. He who says, the conditions and the oaths impede, agrees with him who says, he administers the oath and then he writes; but he who says, the oaths impede, the conditions do not impede, agrees with him who says, he writes and then he administers the oath.