We’re in the midst of studying the mysterious water ritual in Numbers 5 that is used to determine the guilt or innocence of a wife suspected of committing adultery. Again, I need to stress that there is a key difference between how the crime of adultery is treated here (in Numbers) and how it is […]

Today we’re going to take a close at the water ritual procedures for the married woman suspected of committing adultery. This is also a great opportunity to review some basic Torah vocabulary and principles. So here we go! First, the jealous husband brings his suspected wife to a priest together with a barley offering. Second, […]

“The cohen will place the woman before Adonai, unbind the woman’s hair and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, the grain offering for jealousy; while the cohen has in his hand the water of embitterment and cursing. The cohen will make her swear by saying to her, “If no man has gone to bed with you, if you have not […]

“Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell the people of Israel, ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him; that is, if another man goes to bed with her without her husband’s knowledge, so that she becomes impure secretly, and there is no witness against her, and she was not caught in the act; then, if a spirit […]

“Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell the people of Israel, ‘When a man or woman commits any kind of sin against another person and thus breaks faith with Adonai, he incurs guilt.  He must confess the sin which he has committed; and he must make full restitution for his guilt, add twenty percent and give it to the victim […]