Halakhah sa Mga Awit 45:14: Ben Ish Hai & Sefer HaChinukh

Master of Universe, let it be Your will to give strength and power to me and to all Yisrael, and let us enter in without shame before you and before the Matronita `Ila'ah (Higher Divine Presence), of which it is said, "em-habanim smechah/as joyful as a mother of children"<sup>2</sup>Ps. 113. And let us not be in shame before the Barta DiMalka (Lower Divine Presence), of which it is said, "kol kevudah bat melekh penimah/all honor [shall be] for the King's daughter (His entourage) who is within (i.e. humble)," and of which it is said, "Rabot banot `asu chayil, ve'at `alit `al kulanah/Many women have acquired riches, but you surpass them all" (Prov. 31).

The root of the commandment is well-known. And do not wonder here — since “all of the honor of the king’s daughter is inside” (Psalms 45:14), [how is it that] she is sold to the [seducer] for fifty silver pieces, whether she is wealthy or whether she is poor? As the penalty is only the value of the enjoyment of laying [with her] alone. But from another angle, the one who lays with her is liable to give [the money] of embarrassment and damage according to her lineage and her importance. And all the commands of God, may He be blessed, are faithful.